This flick starts out with an interesting premise about a mysterious drug that lends its users superpowers but seems to have a mind and will of its own. That plot is shafted about a third of the way into the film in favor of one gimmick after another, each more cliché and unfunny than the last.
Before the concept of the drug is even introduced, though, I was annoyed by the protagonists--two effete, whitebread nobodies trying too hard to be clever. I tried to ignore the obnoxious leads when the movie gave us a few intriguing and clever concepts, but it rapidly devolved into a dull, pandering non-story filled with incredibly lazy dick jokes. Overall, the movie feels like a modern follow-up to crap like "Dude, Where's My Car" and "Little Nicky".
The script forgets it has a plot and is a disjointed string of chapters connected only by the dislikable characters. If you just want to see some low-budget special effects and 2 or 3 heads exploding, this movie will make decent filler. If you want to be entertained or thrilled, skip it.
The film also introduces a chick who joins the two losers on their adventures, but her character is never developed, and she's just there for the pandering, rather sexist wish-fulfilment cliché of "boring pothead miraculously has a hot girlfriend." And speaking of clichés, all the minority characters die (even though the titular John survives).
Before the concept of the drug is even introduced, though, I was annoyed by the protagonists--two effete, whitebread nobodies trying too hard to be clever. I tried to ignore the obnoxious leads when the movie gave us a few intriguing and clever concepts, but it rapidly devolved into a dull, pandering non-story filled with incredibly lazy dick jokes. Overall, the movie feels like a modern follow-up to crap like "Dude, Where's My Car" and "Little Nicky".
The script forgets it has a plot and is a disjointed string of chapters connected only by the dislikable characters. If you just want to see some low-budget special effects and 2 or 3 heads exploding, this movie will make decent filler. If you want to be entertained or thrilled, skip it.
The film also introduces a chick who joins the two losers on their adventures, but her character is never developed, and she's just there for the pandering, rather sexist wish-fulfilment cliché of "boring pothead miraculously has a hot girlfriend." And speaking of clichés, all the minority characters die (even though the titular John survives).