Fat Pizza-Uncensored 2 (2007) |
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Fat Pizza-Uncensored 2 (2007) |
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| General | Extras | ||
| Category | Comedy | None | |
| Rating | ? | ||
| Year Of Production | 2007 | ||
| Running Time | 131:00 | ||
| RSDL / Flipper | Dual Layered | Cast & Crew | |
| Start Up | Menu | ||
| Region Coding | 4 | Directed By | Paul Fenech |
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Distributor |
 Roadshow Home Entertainment |
Starring |
Paul Fenech Tahir Bilgic John Boxer |
| Case | ? | ||
| RPI | ? | Music | Various |
| Video | Audio | ||
| Pan & Scan/Full Frame | None |
English Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s) English Audio Commentary Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s) |
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| Widescreen Aspect Ratio | 1.78:1 | ||
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| Video Format | 576i (PAL) | ||
| Original Aspect Ratio | 1.78:1 | Miscellaneous | |
| Jacket Pictures | No | ||
| Subtitles | English | Smoking | Yes |
| Annoying Product Placement | No | ||
| Action In or After Credits | No | ||
Pauly, Bobo, Rocky, and Habib return to home theatres with another "fully sick", low-brow, and puerile, Fat Pizza Uncensored DVD. Another ode irresponsibility and hedonism, this sequel doesn't fall far from the tree, as we are treated to another collection of street-car burnouts, drunk schoolies, and strippers.
The road to the original Fat Pizza movie was an interesting one: During the early 1990s, Paul Fenech self-funded (produced, directed, wrote, and starred in) a series of short comedy films featuring the misadventures of a pizza delivery man. In 1995, one of these shorts, Pizza Man won third place at the Tropfest film festival. Fenech's festival win helped him convince SBS of the viability of a sit-com, and Pizza was born in 2000. The success of the series allowed a move to the big screen with the very disappointing movie, Fat Pizza in 2003. With Fat Pizza Uncensored however, Fenech returned to making a collection of comic shorts.
As with the original DVD, Fat Pizza Uncensored 2 has an almost magazine-like, interview-based, cinema verite style of presentation. The sections of Summernats, Schoolies, Strippers, and Mini-Pizzas return, but this second DVD adds a new section - Kickboxing. Pauly, Bobo, Rocky, and Habib are also now joined by co-host, Penthouse Pet, Jewell, and new characters, DJ BJ, Kev the Kiwi, and Coco Island Junior.
Summernats again contains plenty of footage of burnouts at this annual Canberra street-car event (www.summernats.com.au). Pauly (Paul Fenech) and Habib (Tahir Bilgic) join the parade this year (in a tank). They provide commentary, and interview a number of the participants and spectators. But, the focus really seems to be on the flashing and topless girls, rather than all the hotted-up, "show and shine" cars.
Schoolies again is perhaps the most joyously irresponsible of the sections. Schoolies Week is well known phenomenon, where (usually) in late November, hordes of school leavers descend on the Gold Coast for a week of under-age binge drinking, free love, and unrestrained partying. In this segment, Rocky and Coco Island Junior wander through Surfers Paradise clubs and streets with a camera crew, capturing footage of drunken party-goers. The sub-sections are: Daytime Schoolies, Nighttime Schoolies, Sik Schoolies Megamix, and Schoolies Anthems.
Strippers is shot in the Bada Bing strip club in Kings Cross, where apparently, Pauly, Habib, and the gang "love to chillax". The lads review all the action inside, which mainly consists of them sitting around the pole dancing stage, watching the strippers perform. Also included is Habib's tips for strip club behaviour, and a selection of "Bonus Pick-Up Lines".
Mini Pizzas contains 10 short films, some very short. To be honest, I didn't find any of them very entertaining, or interesting, except for How to Make a $10,000 Ferrari, which looks at building a fake carbon-fibre Ferrari automobile, which would pass as genuine to the casual observer. The ten shorts are:
The new section is Kickboxing, with was recorded at "Darwin's Bogan Bash", and features footage of both male and female kickboxers in the ring. Extended interviews with drunken spectators, and "Pauley's Celebrity Fight" has also been included, which are far more entertaining.
Strangely, this second Fat Pizza Uncensored seems to be a lot tamer than the original DVD. This is particularly noticeable in the Schoolies and Strippers segments, which have been toned down considerably. With the original Schoolies segment, we saw teenage drinking games (with teenage vomiting), flashing teen-girls, and plenty of "hot chicks pashing" each other. With the original Strippers segment, shot in Melbourne's Showgirls Bar-20, we saw the fetish rooms, the shower-rooms, and lap-dancing. The strippers performed full routines, and even worked . . . in tandem. But in this instalment, there is no actual stripping - the girls remain dressed throughout.
As with the original DVD, the transfer is limited by the source material, which I assume was recorded with hand-held DV cameras, but it is fine considering the DVD's television-magazine-show content.
The transfer is presented in a widescreen aspect ratio of 1.78:1, 16x9 Enhanced.
The image is fairly soft throughout. The shadow detail is okay, but as some of the scenes are shot outdoors with natural light, there is often a high contrast in the image. The colour is fine, and the skin tones are accurate.
As with the original DVD, the content appears heavily compressed, and there are MPEG artefacts throughout. Some scenes suffer from pixelization, such as during the Summernats section at 10:09, or during the Strippers section at 6:47. Film-To-Video Artefacts appear in the form of aliasing, such as the slight shimmer on the ropes during the Kickboxing section at 1:21. There are no problems with film artefacts.
English for the Hearing Impaired subtitles are present, and they are accurate.
This is a Dual Layered disc, and I assume the layer change is placed between segments, as it was not noticeable.
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There are two Dolby Stereo audio tracks provided: English Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s) for both the feature and audio commentary.
The dialogue quality and audio sync are fine.
Again there is no musical score but a collection of hip-hop and dance flavoured tunes in the background, which suits the DVD's content.
As a stereo track, there is no surround presence or LFE activity.
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As this disc is really a collection of various segments, it's hard to separate the 'extras' from the feature content.
An animated menu, with audio.
Paul Fenech provides a commentary, in character as Pauly. Considering this is very similar to the narration and commentary Pauly provides during the features, I would have found it more interesting if Fenech had recorded this out of character.
NOTE: To view non-R4 releases, your equipment needs to be multi-zone compatible and usually also NTSC compatible.
It seems that Fat Pizza Uncensored 2 has no release date in R1.
This second slice of Fat Pizza Uncensored again provided plenty of moments that made me cringe, but for those not easily offended by low-brow comedy, Fat Pizza Uncensored 2 is an entertaining DVD. Strangely it is a lot tamer than the original, so if you haven't seen either and are Fat Pizza Uncensored-curious, I'd start with the first one.
The video quality is limited, but suitable.
The audio quality is reasonable for a stereo track.
The extras are fun, but often hard to distinguish from the main feature/s.
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| Review Equipment | |
| DVD | Sony Playstation 3 (HDMI 1.3) with Upscaling, using HDMI output |
| Display | Panasonic High Definition 50' Plasma (127 cm). Calibrated with Video Essentials. This display device is 16x9 capable. This display device has a maximum native resolution of 1080p. |
| Audio Decoder | Built in to amplifier/receiver. Calibrated with Video Essentials. |
| Amplification | Samsung Pure Digital 6.1 AV Receiver (HDMI 1.3) |
| Speakers | Samsung |