Idiocracy
(Luke Wilson/Maya Rudolph/Dax Shepard/84 minutes)
A mildly amusing film from Mike Judge which presents the scenario: What happens if animated lunkheads Beavis and Butt-Head grew up and everyone else was just like them? Possibly the scariest vision of the future committed to film thus far.
After a present-day US Army experiment gone awry - is there any other kind? - test subjects Joe Bowers (the affably low-key Wilson) and Rita (Rudolph) awaken, instead of one year later, in 2505.
The all-too-average Joe is now the smartest man on earth and he has to overcome mind-numbing stupidity, prejudices and plain bad taste in order to save the world from itself.
There’s a serious point or two about the dumbing-down of popular culture and the dangers of crass commercialism. But it’s a bit rich coming from the creator of Beavis and Butt-Head.
The DVD includes deleted scenes, including an amusing-if-you’re-in-the-mood Museum Of Fart scene.
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