Delta Farce

2007 "A funny thing happened on the way to Iraq."
3.6| 1h30m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 11 May 2007 Released
Producted By: Lions Gate Films
Country: United States of America
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Three bumbling Army reservists are hustled onto a plane headed for combat in Iraq -- but the fact that the plane drops them in Mexico doesn't stop them from "liberating" what they believe to be the Middle East.

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David_Brown To be honest, anyone putting on a movie with Larry The Cable Guy, cannot expect to see an actor on the level of Paul Newman, or Charlton Heston (Both of which did a service comedy, I reviewed (In Newman's Ccase "The Secret War Of Harry Frigg: and Heston's "The Pigeon That Took Rome"). However, to be honest, this film is beyomd bad.DJ Qualls, is the absolute pits in his role of Everett, a pathetic version of Russell Ziskey (Harold Ramis) from "Stripes". He was so bad, I cringed whenever I saw him (Particularly when he was shooting. As for Danny Trejo, the best thing I can say for him in this film, it is not his worst, that is "Machete" (Also known as the worst film I ever saw). The only thing worthwhile in this movie is Marisol Nichols as Maria, she is a knockout, but that is not enough to recommend. I give this film 1 star (For Marisol), and only because of her, does it avoid being in my top 10 all-time worst film list.
hung_fao_tweeze Yes, this is redneck humor. Don't look for anything terribly intellectual or deep in this tale. If you settle in and expect a bit of stupidity, groaning, and a complete lack of plausibility you can enjoy this movie. In fact, there are a few real honest to good belly laughs here. The Mexican alpha-dog bandit is a hoot and is probably the best actor in this exercise in silliness. His gay nephew is a knee-slapper as well. Meanwhile, everything else is lightweight and not stressful. Think 'Gilligans Island' and you'll be right about where this will fall in the scheme of things. I did enjoy the flick and will probably watch it again because I was entertained which is all I wanted to begin with. If you don't get into rednack farce you probably won't have much use for this movie. I give it a 5 because it could have been a lot funnier - a lot of missed opportunities and some situations just fall flat. But I got pretty much what I expected and ended up not feeling ripped off for watching it.
jts0405 Delta Farce is another Larry the Cable Guy comedy in which he plays a down on his luck guy who becomes an Army member along with his two friends. Bill Engvall, who has his own sitcom on TBS, participates in this as well and it all really turns out to be just a weak comedy. The whole plot is kind of dead, but it is kind of funny and does deliver a decent amount of laugh spots. Larry the Cable Guy is the funniest by some of the scenes and Engvall throws in some giggles, but this really isn't worth checking out for a normal comedy fan. There are so many other comedies that have been made that are so much better than this movie.
punkin_flats I watched this movie and went to bed, trying to remember where I saw the identical ending. Then it came to me- it was Wild Hogs which I watched this summer! OK, I ran all these variables by my husband. First the characters. In Wild Hogs you had 4 guys J. Travolta, Wm. Macy, Tim Allen, and Martin Lawrence. They were all middle class or wealthy (wasn't Travola married to a super model?). They also could afford expensive bikes. In Delta, the main characters were 3 lower middle class, if that. They were in the Reserves probably to make some extra money. If you want to count their active duty sergeant, there were 4 guys. Like WH, DF characters were escaping from their nagging or bothersome wives. Second, they accidentally (or otherwise) destroyed their communication devices. I won't say because that would truly be a spoiler. By doing this (both movies) they could not communicate with the women folks back home. Third, they ended up in a bad town and had to 'rescue' it. They did this through a bunch of bumbling, etc. and goofy stuff. Ray Liotta was the bad guy in WH and Danny Trejo was the bad guy in DF. In both movies one of the guys (Macy and Larry Cable Guy) get the beautiful girl and solve a whole lot of problems. Fouth, there were almost identical 'gay' jokes dealing with sleeping out in the open. The scripts were very very similar, so somebody did a pretty good rip off. I laughed a lot through the movie and I wasn't expecting a top rate movie, but it was funny in parts. Stupid too, but it took my mind off my troubles. Another thing, which was a big purchasing point for my husband, was that he knew I LOVE Danny Trejo and flip out when I see him on screen in anything. Usually he has very tiny parts. But in DF, he has a HUGE role and I screamed every time he was on screen. So shoot me, but I will watch it again just to see Danny! Others mentioned Three Amigos so I will have to go read up on that. I have seen way worse movies that were rated big blockbusters and stunk. At least this was advertised as a comedy and I got some laughs off it.