Netflix Review: The Tripper

The tripper
by dcool29

THE TRIPPER
Rated R
Starring Thomas Jane, Lukas Haas, Chris Nelson, Jason Mewes, and Paul Reubens
Directed by David Arquette

“You can’t stop him! He’s Reagan!”
Viet Nam-era passivity running scared from conservative cold war-era aggression. An ensemble of personable C-listers star, in David Arquette’s directorial debut…and hammers it home (pun intended)!
A little bit of childhood trauma and the son of a lumberjack (Chris Nelson) decides to dress up as, former president, Ronald Reagan and take an axe to any opposition. #1 on his list? The type of hippies that destroyed his family.
When a music festival nestles itself in his forest, Ronald takes to slashing away at the drug-addled as if they were Medicaid.
Never have I wanted an axe murderer to not get back up --- so badly!
The film’s overtones may cause some serious bias, but in actuality, Arquette criticizes, both, the tree-huggers and war-mongers; all under the guise of humor and gore. Alot of slasher films think they are funny when they’re not, but David Arquette surprises us by (first) entertaining and (second) tossing arteries at the camera instead of just attempting the latter.
The movie could be a bit gorier, but it does satisfy the slasher qoutient. Especially, when Nelson (doing a precisely creepy Ronald impersonation), crashes a rave in the middle of the forest! Hysterical and bloody, it depicts the type of “us” vs. “them” mindset that has divided the nation since the 1960s…just, y’know, with a (much needed) axe.