Ein Duke kommt selten allein – Wie alles begann (TV Movie 2007)

Ein Duke kommt selten allein – Wie alles begann: Directed by Robert Berlinger. With Randy Wayne, Jonathan Bennett, April Scott, Joel David Moore. Teenaged cousins Bo and Luke Duke spend their first few weeks in Hazzard County getting into trouble running outlawed liquor in order to save their Uncle Jesse’s farm.

“Growing up The Dukes of Hazzard was one of my favorite shows. The cast had charisma, and the show had an authentic, country feel to it. The 2005 movie was part of the u0026quot;re-imaginationu0026quot; trend in movies that started with The Flintstones and continues today with this atrocity. Instead of re-imagining them in todayu0026#39;s times they should have cast the younger Dukes in the 1960u0026#39;s when they would have been legit teenagers, to keep in continuity with the show. They should have done this with the 2005 movie, too. This movie is a cynical, straight-to-DVD-and-TV, bottom-of-the-barrel hack job and it barely held my attention.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe problem with the plot is that itu0026#39;s a low-rent version of the TV show. Arenu0026#39;t there any writers in Hollywood who can write an original Dukes of Hazzard movie? My guess is there are plenty, but the producers have too much contempt for their audience to think they would appreciate a gritty, true-to-the-spirit-of-Hazzard script. Fans of the original series shouldnu0026#39;t avoid it because of profanity, they should avoid it because it is Dukes of Hazzard in name only now.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe most important thing to me is the casting of Daisy, and they failed miserably here. In the series Daisy was a smart woman who happened to wear cut-off shorts. In 2005 she was a sexpot wearing cut-off shorts, nothing more than eye candy, playing the part as a parody. Thereu0026#39;s little to say about April Scott: she isnu0026#39;t even close to being a young Daisy in this movie. Iu0026#39;m not talking about physical proportions (although I think sheu0026#39;s too thin for a southern Belle); Iu0026#39;m talking about charisma and the intangibles you need to play an iconic character. She doesnu0026#39;t have it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe lameness extends to all aspects of the re-imagining. The characters have become lame caricatures of themselves, and Hazzard County is no longer the dusty, mythical Confederate backdrop it once was. Thereu0026#39;s no point in u0026quot;re-imaginingu0026quot; the Dukes of Hazzard if youu0026#39;re going to get politically correct. The original series was uncynically proud to be Dixie, and that was a huge part of itu0026#39;s appeal. If this movie is a finger-in-the-wind to see if a new TV series will work, I hope it fails miserably in ratings and sales.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd Willie, did you really need the paycheck?”