Mad Buddies (2012) User Reviews

Mad Buddies Review

[mozoloman · 4/10 · 6 July 2012]

Not the funniest of Leon's movies and we've been given better before. An original script nonetheless even the jokes and stunts are a first such as,"Listen buddy somewhere down there's a dead poacher,but you can have this for a starter." There's a silly government minister busy tearing himself apart while two enemies become friends through chaos.

It relise strongly on the success of past films of this unlikely South African comedy franchise not creating a new fan base.It will grab you on its familiar cast alone, however if you're a foreigner simply look forward to a good laugh done the South African style.Overall, it pushed the boundary and I liked it plus there's a hot model in there.

Why did I see this?

[alexthewriter · 2/10 · 28 August 2012]

I'm not very familiar with Leon Schuster's past works which may explain some joke I'm missing. Supposedly he's a very talented writer with a strong fan base in South Africa, but if this movie is any indication of that talent, I would need to ask why.

Mad Buddies had the thinnest and most ridiculous of plots, with virtually no character development or depth. Two men who supposedly hate each other are forced to walk to Joburg together, not knowing that they're part of a reality TV program. The movie dissolved from there into Benny Hill and Three Stooges style pratfalls which may have been funny 20 years ago, but which today are simply overdone and unnecessary. Both men seemed to do nothing more than fall down, get hit by random objects, and shriek like donkeys. This went on for 90 minutes.

Model Tanit Phoenix, obviously tossed in for nothing more than eye candy, poses through her god-awful wooden delivery of what few lines she had. Kenneth Nkosi showed he has some talent from his role in D9 and Schuster seems like he can deliver a line on cue, but if South Africa wants to compete on the world stage, it will need to do better than this drivel. I don't know that the kids will even appreciate its obvious setups and jokes you can see coming from kilometers away. I wasted too many Rand on this film; I wouldn't recommend you do the same.

seen it before

[drealler · 1/10 · 3 June 2017]

almost the entire movie looks like a collection of all other Leon Schuster's previous movies, almost all the scenes make you ask yourself, "Haven't I seen this before", at first its fun to see a joke you've seen before being redone in fun way, but not when all of the movie is a collection of all funny scenes in previous movies. overall I was really disappointed by this Leon Schuster train wrack!