The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) is one of the craziest and wackiest movies I’ve ever seen. This film adaptation of Rex Weiner’s comics 1979-1980 is an eclectic thrash and black comedy with music and cars. Here are the frostbitten Robert “Smiley” Englund and the flighty Priscilla Presley. In the film, masculine sexism rules the ball, twisted by 200% with complete disregard for the female sex.
The main character’s name is the same as his car Ford Fairlane ’57. But at least the wheelbarrow doesn’t swear like a shoemaker. Ford is the Dirty Harry of rock and roll, and everyone calls him “Detective Rock and Roll” – it was necessary to come up with such a thing! Ace Ventura on minimals, pompadour is not so luxurious and this macho man does not grimace like Jim Carrey, but intellectually competes with Stupid and even Dumber, where, by the way, the main beauty of this film later migrated.
That's how Jez turned from a gray mouse into a sex bomb.
Ford – rockabilly is a big guy with a somewhat horse-like face, a lover of beautiful poses and generally showing off and smoking like a steam train, smokes at least two packs during the whole movie. Ferlein does not hesitate to kill his enemies in various ways. However, he himself could have been shot in multiple cases, but for some reason they don’t do it. They don’t even beat him!
The whole action is generously flavored with dirty jokes about shit, ass and dicks. It seems that the authors of the dialogues practiced obscenity and dubious wit. Surely it was all written under booze and drugs, but there are some good gags available. Translated by our Andrey Gavrilov, the voice that sounds from all the videotapes of the 90s.
1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner - the car after which the protagonist is named
“So many assholes and so few bullets left.”
“Keith Richards is turning over in his grave, even though he hasn’t died yet.”
“You’re five seconds away from the most embarrassing minute of your life.”
"Hey, Pavarotti, what are you moaning about? Yes, I can cut my nails more rhythmically. You're fucking killing rock and roll."
Ford’s friend Johnny Crunch, a DJ on the radio, is the nastiest voice on the air. A plush koala appears from nowhere, just like in a modern Animal. The greedy boss of the recording industry, who came up with his own way of combating piracy. There is Jaz (Lauren Holly), the real decoration of the film, Fairlane’s secretary. With a mind-blowing hairstyle, a face and a figure that is supportive of the main character despite his infidelity and all the idiotic antics.
A song in the studio, inserted just to emphasize the coolness of the hero. I remember the Singing Detective with Robert Downey Jr., no less a thrash bi-movie. In addition to Lauren Holly, the best thing here is a car of the same name, a Hendrix guitar and a women’s hostel, well, just the country of Herland. In general, it’s very stupid and funny, so bad that it’s even good in places!
The girls won't like this moment in the movie.
Andrew Dice Clay is someone in between Nicolas Cage and John Travolta, but he still lacks the charisma of the former, although as a comedian he previously parodied Grease. Another attempt to portray neo-Elvis of the 90s failed and looks like a parody, in Wild Hearts Cage did much better. Another of the films inspired by Elvis can be remembered True Love with young Slater, where he played the King behind the scenes… Kurt Russell, of course. In fact, the director of action films Renny Harlin, who stepped into the territory of musical comedy, turned out to be a dirty bi-movie. Ford Fairlane earned the Golden Raspberry for Worst Film. Well, it’s well deserved, but this movie will help you pass the evening in an interesting way and may be worth your attention.
