Postal (2007)

Director:

Uwe Boll

Writers:

Uwe Boll (writer)
Bryan C. Knight (writer)

Release Date:

23 May 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Some comedies go too far... others start there.

Plot:

In the ironically named city of Paradise, a recently laid-off loser (Ward) teams up with his cult-leading uncle (Foley) to steal a peculiar bounty of riches from their local amusement park; somehow, the recently arrived Taliban have a similar focus, but a far more sinister intent.

Plot Keywords:

Trailer Home | Blood And Guts | Naked Woman | Flour | Suicide Bomber

Cast

Zack Ward	...	Postal Dude
Dave Foley	...	Uncle Dave
Chris Coppola	...	Richard
Jackie Tohn	...	Faith
J.K. Simmons	...	Candidate Wells
Ralf Moeller	...	Officer John
Verne Troyer	...	Himself / Voice of Krotchy
Chris Spencer	...	Officer Greg
Larry Thomas	...	Osama bin Laden
Michael Paré	...	Panhandler
Erick Avari	...	Habib
Lindsay Hollister	...	Recorder
Brent Mendenhall	...	George W. Bush
Rick Hoffman	...	Blither
Michael Benyaer	...	Mohammed

Also Known As:

Postal: Der Film (Germany)
Postal: The Movie (USA) (alternative transliteration)

MPAA:

Rated R for extremely crude humor throughout, including strong sexuality, graphic nudity, violence, and for pervasive language and some drug use.

Runtime:

109 min | 130 min (approx.) (Director's Cut)

Country:

USA | Canada | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Germany:16 | Canada:18A | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Cloverdale, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Running With Scissors

Trivia:

Uwe Boll only shot 3 to 5 takes of every scene in the movie. He thought that the biggest strength in comedy is the emotion behind the acting, which cannot be kept when trying the scenes too often.

Quotes:

Dude: You people are fighting each other in war and destroy the world in the name of God. God doesn't need your help to destroy the world. He is God, hello?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Family Guy: Back to the Woods (#6.9)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Aircastle

An exercise in thrash movie-making - best video game adaptation ever

I saw the world premiere at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal. Seriously, this movie blows away anything ever done by Boll.

It's the most violent, disgusting, offensive, thrash movie I've ever seen. I give the movie 9 stars because it was exactly what Boll was intending, and it's a complete success. Go home Takashi Miike! To sum up, it's probably the best video game to movie adaptation ever made. It perfectly captured the spirit of the video game, and then added more, always more, to create such excess that you can't help but laugh during the whole thing.

People criticizing the movie because it's violent, disgusting and offensive shouldn't comment on it - they obviously missed the point.