Review of Dirty Sanchez: The Movie (2006) by Slickflix N — 09 Oct 2008

There are always some kids in school, who, for reasons of personality deficiency, make do with acting the clown. They eat worms, jump in puddles, cover themselves in mud, you get the picture. Usually when they grow up they discover that there's more to themselves than this imbecilic childish behaviour. But like Tayto, there's always one. Or in this case 4. Idiots that is.

The boys from Wales (and the detestable London one) have finally been granted a budget to take their high jinks around the globe. Centred on the seven deadly sins, they embark on all manor of wild and crazy stunts, visiting far flung countries, inflicting their putrid humour more on each other than random members of the public.

Opening with a painfully fake improvised scenario, the boys are told by Howard Marks, playing Satan, that they must repent by spreading mayhem around the world in the form of the seven deadly sins. And off they go, brains left firmly in their childhood years, to exotic spots such as Thailand, Russia and Mexico.

Dirty Sanchez enjoyed success on the small screen as the crazier little brother of Jackass. It would go to the places that Mr Knoxville wouldn't, being more repugnant in the hope to develop their own clique. And it was fine for the twenty minutes on air with the 17 ad-breaks that MTV throw in for good measure. But asking someone to sit through 96 minutes, without a break, is something a parish priest wouldn't do for killing you own mother.

While the jokes are lame, with awful editing, the main problem is the relationship between the lads themselves. Anyone with half a brain can see through the masquerade they display for the camera. Pancho is the butt of most jokes, Dan is only there because he is really disgusting, and the other twos rivalry is so contrived it seems like Rocky 5. Jackass has a dynamic between its characters but Dirty Sanchez is there for the sole purpose of making these talentless morons famous.

Watch this at your peril, for you have been warned.