Paul Spence and David Lawrence in 'Fubar II'. Courtesy Alliance Films.
Fubar II kicks off this year’s Midnight Madness programme at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 9. I screened the film about a week ago and can tell you it’s funnier and raunchier than the first and lives up to the hype surrounding it.
What’s it about? Here’s the description from Alliance Films:
The story starts in Calgary where the boys are tired of trying to give’r while barely scraping by, when their old buddy and party leader, Tron (Andrew Sparacino) hooks them up with jobs in Fort McMurray. Before long they are rolling in dough and good times. Flush with money and confidence, Terry starts dating Trish (Terra Hazelton), a local waitress, and things get serious in a hurry. Meanwhile, Dean is playing up the part of the cancer survivor, and upon hearing about the glories of workers’ compensation, purposely bungs up his leg in an attempt to qualify. When Terry moves in with Trish, Dean does his best to save his buddy from swapping the banger life for domestic captivity.
To get a better taste of what you’re in store for check out the red band trailer below. Needless to say, viewer discretion is advised. If you miss the film at TIFF don’t worry — it opens wide on October 1.
TIFF 2010 runs from September 9 to 19. For full descriptions of the films, and to purchase tickets, visit tiff.net/thefestival.
