In the Army Now – Die Trottel der Kompanie (1994)

In the Army Now – Die Trottel der Kompanie: Directed by Daniel Petrie Jr.. With Pauly Shore, Andy Dick, Lori Petty, David Alan Grier. Two misguided youths join the reserves to make some money for their entrepreneurial dreams. No sooner than they finish basic training are they called up to do their part to save the free world.

“Although thereu0026#39;s a lot of people who donu0026#39;t like Pauly Shore, apparently you either love him or hate him, I have to say that I found this film quite amusing. It takes me back to my younger days when I was a weekend warrior. The group I hung out with Iu0026#39;m afraid, all people who were trying to get out of the real army and Vietnam joined the reserves as I did. We were about as military a group as Pauly Shore, Andy Dick, and David Alan Grier. Back then though we were not side by side with Lori Petty. The Army in its infinite wisdom knew better than to activate our crowd for Vietnam.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut thatu0026#39;s not what happens here. Pauly Shore and Andy Dick are a pair of misfits in civilian life and find they have a cash flow problem. That extra money for attending those Army Reserve drills sounds pretty enticing so they decide to be all that they can be on the weekends and two weeks in the summer.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut Libya and Chad go to war and like the Iraqi Desert Storm, the reserves are called up for a United Nations multi-national force. Actually Libya and Chad did have border conflicts for many years with the French attacking as protectors for Chad. Pauly, Andy, and their new friends David Alan Grier and Lori Petty are in the Sahara Desert as part of a water purification team, water boys as theyu0026#39;re derisively called by those in the real army.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn The Army Now revives all the basic service comedy situations going all the way back to Abbottu0026amp;Costello in Buck Privates. Especially in the training sequences. Pauly Shore and Andy Dick probably grew up on Budu0026amp;Lou, but they do the routines with a Generation X twist.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI liked the film and thanked God I was not in the situations that Pauly and the rest were in.”