Kaki Hunter

  • Porky’s Revenge (1985)

    Porky’s Revenge (1985)

    ByChristian Sauvé Movie Review

    (In French, On Cable TV, January 2020) After a detour in socially redeemable comedy in the second film, the Porky’s series goes back to its raunchy sex-comedy roots in Porky’s Revenge. Porky himself is back, and so are the generally plotless sex pranks that make up the bulk of the first film. Clearly an attempt to right the course of the series after the somewhat off-brand second volume, Porky’s Revenge is nonetheless dumber for the attempt. Once again, the two most notable actors are Dan Monahan, playing series humiliation target “Peewee,” and Kaki Hunter as the sole female member of the main group. Much of the hijinks are instantly forgettable—there’s nudity, but not that many laughs. This being said, the decapitation of Porky’s casino boat by a bridge at the climax does offer a spectacular bit of physical comedy. It doesn’t quite redeem Porky’s Revenge, although it’s roughly of the same atmosphere and quality than the original, which is what sequels usually aim for.

  • Porky’s II: The Next Day (1983)

    Porky’s II: The Next Day (1983)

    ByChristian Sauvé Movie Review

    (In French, On Cable TV, January 2020) Considering that the original Porky’s is one of the best-known sex comedies of the early 1980s (a somewhat amusing Canadian contribution to movie history, and the second of director Bob Clark’s three main claims to fame in-between launching the slasher genre with Black Christmas and directing the very different A Christmas Story), it makes sense that sequel Porky’s II would begin the very next day, with the gang of friends still teasing “Peewee” about his sex life. Much of the first half of the film is in more or less the same vein of sex humiliation comedy, with plenty of nudity and compromising positions. But as the movie advances, the early scenes featuring the characters playing in Shakespeare’s plays (!) lead to the development of a more ambitious plot taking aim at the local preachers and politicians, all revealed to be hypocritical racists with a side order of lusting after underage girls. The amount of nudity also goes down as the film advances, to the point of a third act that is gross and vulgar (with series MVP Kaki Hunter delivering an extended takedown of a sleazy politician in a very public place) but plays nudity for laughs rather than titillation. The mixture between taking aim at racists and hypocrites doesn’t entirely blend very well with the sex farce of the series, but it does make Porky’s II: The Next Day more interesting for any 1980s completists watching the series.