Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
IMDb meta-data is 1 hour and 32 minutes, rated 6.9 by 3,386 cinematizens.
Genre: Bio Pic with a kick.
Verdict: The Mummy returns, again.
Spoilers follow.
A dyed and brainless JFK does a final service for his rest home with an impotent Elvis at his side. The Lone Ranger puts in an appearance.
Elvis ponders his misspent life, while Jack reads up on the undead.
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The showdown between the geezer team of a bloated, bejewelled Elvis in a white jump suit hobbling behind a Zimmer frame and Jack in a dark blue suit and a red necktie on a wheelchair with Bubba Ho-Tep has to be seen to be disbelieved. But it is time for the these two to do what has to be done; what only they can do. Yes, there will be casualties.
Droll does not begin to describe this foray into the absurd. Yet it conveys respect for The King even if he is decrepit, a respect which he in turn effortlessly extends to the black JFK down the hall.
For those who need authority before they can like something, know that doyen Roger Ebert used the following terms in his laudatory review ‘wacky,’ ‘vulgar,’ ‘observant,’ ‘truthful,’ ‘sincere,’ ‘respectful,’ ‘ingratiating,’ ‘harebrained,’ ‘poignant’…..
After enduring the assault of Elvis (2022) I needed a return to something grounded.