Bubbles’ (Mike Smith) new band “Bubbles and the Shitrockers” graduates to a provincial tour of veteran’s halls performing to handfuls of patrons in barrooms that also function as bingo halls. The Shitrockers unimpressive playlist of country-trucker music fails to generate a fan base. Then a big break playing for 100 inmates at a maximum-security penitentiary initially angering the audience with limpid country songs sending them into a massive diss when Bubbles sings a song about cats, his obsession. For the safety of the Shitrockers he quickly transitions to his somewhat infamous song about liquored up whores sparking a riot captured on video and it goes viral resulting in an invitation to be the back up band for Billy Bob Thornton’s band, The Boxmasters, on a European tour.
The Shitrockers perform in Prague, Amsterdam, Berlin, Liverpool and Glasgow. Pot bellied Randy (Patrick Roach) acting as Randy the Roadie aggravates Billy Bob’s iron fisted manager Mayhue (Tom Mayhue) to the extent he throws them off the tour in Liverpool. Bubbles’ habit of urinating on himself when he is excited and pooping in his pants on stage were the last straws. Bubbles empties his bank account to return his band to Canada and is stranded in London with Randy who disappears to raise money in a prostitutial manner for the return trip home. Bubbles successfully pleads with Julien (John Paul Tremblay)and Ricky (Rob Wells) to rescue him in London which they do. Julian clasping his rum and coke in the streets of London and Ricky harassing passerby’s for hash. Sunnyvale mannerisms run deep and loud!
Billy Bob apologizes to Bubbles for Mayhue’s tossing the Shitrockers from the tour and Bubbles, Julian, Ricky and Randy party upon the invite of Billy Bob at London’s Abbey Road Studios where Bubbles has the possibility of Billboard fame surrounded and aided by rock in rollers such as Ron Woods and Eric Burdon ending perhaps a bit sarcastically in a “Give Peace a Chance” moment.
Canadian beloved Sunnyvale Trailer Park lumpen proletarians deliver more than a few guffaws with outrageous oddball characters and unlimited antics which we became accustomed to way back so what a great event to see them again embarrassing themselves and lampooning the morality of those that criticize them. Suitable bathroom humour for 13-year-olds but admit it; it is sometimes comforting to roll back the clock and be 13 again.
Trailer Park Boys fans are accustomed to their antics. Newbies may in for a delightful shock.
Directed by Charlie Lightening.
You can see the trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_gC1kI_zH8
Theatrical release 6December2024.
RKS 2024 Film Rating 84/100.
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