Review of The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) by Mark S — 10 Aug 2009

Two "good old boy" cousins - Bo and Luke Duke, who with the help of their eye-catching cousin Daisy and moonshine running Uncle Jesse - try and stop Hazzard County's corrupt commissioner Boss Hogg from destroying their family farm. In their famed 1969 orange Dodge Charger called "The General Lee", the "Duke Boys" steadily find themselves in evade authorities while keeping them one step ahead of the dimwitted antics of the small southern town's Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane.

Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, The Dukes Of Hazzard features great acting performances from the following cast:

1.) Johnny Knoxville (Luke Duke).

2.) Seann William Scott (Bo Duke).

3.) Jessica Simpson (Daisy Duke).

4.) Burt Reynolds (Boss Hogg).

5.) Joe Don Baker (Governor Jim Applewhite).

6.) Willie Nelson (Uncle Jesse).

7.) M.C. Gainey (Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane).

Although I haven't watched the original Dukes Of Hazzard TV series, at least I've heard of it when the movie adaptation came out in theaters back in 2005. And I'm not sure if either version is better than the other, so I don't know. I say that this film version of Hazzard is at all humorous, and I have to watch good comedic moments throughout as the Deep South and its imagery and traditions just got funnier. Driving the "General Lee" is one thing, for example, even if its Confederate flag cover is a symbol of war. It's nice to see great acting performance here, especially with Jessica Simpson's Daisy Duke who gets her boots made her walkin'.