Indeed, some of Shakespeare’s plot and some of his dialogue has been used very effectively by Tromeo & Juliet writer James Gunn, who has added a few twists of his own, including some Troma icons such as the p**** monster and the popcorn pregnancy.
On the other hand, Shakespeare’s plot can be easily adapted to modern times, as shown by West Side Story or Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet.
Sequences where a stunt man went through a window and where an explosion was set off below Cappy’s window also went wrong while the gratuitous car crash was reused from Sgt. Most of the punches don’t even come close to connecting, although Sean Gunn had his nose broken by a punch and a Tiffiny Shepis kick put the high heel of her boot through Stephen Blackehart’s cheek. The normal Troma cheap special effects (this was in the days before CGI) and shoddily executed stunts are also present. One could add indifferent acting, slightly better than earlier Troma releases, but not much, although Maximillian Shaun is excellent and has the best lines (his asides from the poems of Shelly or other Shakespeare plays are hilarious) and Valentine Miele is also good. Tromeo & Juliet is classic Troma featuring gratuitous violence and nudity, body piercing, tattoos, blood and gore, vomit, farts and bad taste humour. Troma films can be an acquired taste and polarise opinion but there is no denying that, featuring all the body piercing, kinky sex, car crashes and dismemberment that Shakespeare always wanted but never had, Tromeo & Juliet is the Troma Team in full-on bad taste mode, and a strong contender for one of the best Troma films ever made. And Ingrid Capulet provides some important revelations all of her own. However, from Father Lawrence ( Flip Brown) Juliet obtains a special potion that will have interesting physical ramifications for her on her wedding day. Then their liaison is discovered by Cappy, and he insists that Juliet marry London immediately. But they have little hope of being together as street warfare erupts between the rival family members leading to the deaths of Juliet’s cousin Tyrone ( Patrick Connor) and Tromeo’s friend Murray Martini ( Valentine Miele). Some days later, in Juliet’s glass “time out” cage Tromeo and Juliet consume their love in a night of passion. At a party in the Capulet Mansion Juliet Capulet ( Jane Jensen) meets Tromeo Que ( Will Keenan) and it is love at first sight although she is already engaged to the super rich London Arbuckle ( Steve Gibbons). In modern day New York, the Capulet and Que families are waring after a falling out some years before between business partners Cappy Capulet ( Maximillian Shaun) and Monty Que ( Earl McKoy) during which Monty lost both his film business, Silky Films, and his wife Ingrid ( Wendy Adams) to Cappy. In the first 10 minutes of Tromeo & Juliet there is sex and nudity, nipple piercing, fingers cut off, action, blood and gore and then the story starts, more or less following Shakespeare. Music Video- "Staying Home Again" by Wisely Introduction- The Making of the New Commentaryįeaturette- Fan Re-creation of Classic Tromeo & Juliet Scenes If you create a user account, you can add your own review of this DVDĪudio Commentary- Writer James Gunn and director Lloyd Kaufman (2006)Īudio Commentary- Writer James Gunn and actor Sean Gunn (1997)Īudio Commentary- Editor Frank Reynolds and Gabriel Friedman (2006)Īudio Commentary- Director Lloyd Kaufman (1997) Tromeo & Juliet: 10th Anniversary Edition (1996) (NTSC) Tromeo & Juliet: 10th Anniversary Edition (1996)
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