664. The Rum Diary (2011)

*The Warlock opens the door to his lair. He’s dressed as Hunter S Thompson while holding a flyswatter. He pulls it out and starts waiving it around. Darnell The Deliveryman outside his truck just looks at him, shakes his head and drives off*

W: Fuckin pigs, this is bat country. Come on inside, wait till you see those damn bats

*Warlock staggers inside pretending to be afraid of everything*

W: Tonight at Warlock’s Movie Realm…..AH!

*Warlock bumps into Neyz who’s wearing standard attire*

N: Will you cut that out? That’s not even the right movie.

*Warlock stops pretending*

W: Uh….oh yeah.

*Warlock takes his hat and sunglasses off before picking up his mega pint of Pepsi*

W: Tonight Neyzor Blades and I will be watching another film adaptation of one of Hunter S Thompson’s works. We”ll be watching the 2011 drama THE RUM DIARY.

N: This is going to be tough to watch.

W: Yes it will, if you cared about the trial last year. If you don’t know what I mean, give me a minute. The movie itself stars Johnny Depp as a writer…again, and he’s in Puerto Rico hired to write for a rag of a newspaper. If you’ve seen Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas, its kind of the same thing only its booze instead of drugs and they’re in Puerto Rico. Now the cast is amazing, we got Richard Jenkins, Johnny Depp, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Rispoli, Aaron Eckhart and…..Amber Heard.

N: Dun dun DUNNNNNN

W: Now for those who have been living under a rock or don’t pay attention to mainstream media, THIS was the movie Johnny Depp met Amber Heard while filming. That whole trial we all sat through last year came about because they met each other on set. We’re not here to talk about the trial though, we’re here to find out if THE RUM DIARY is any good. Fear & Loathing was great so let’s see if this is just as good.

*Warlock takes his seat in the middle of the couch while Neyz sits in the recliner*

W: So grab your popcorn, grab your drink and grab your woman because its time for THE RUM DIARY.

Written by Bruce Robinson and Hunter S Thompson

Directed by Bruce Robinson

Cast:

Johnny DeppKemp
Aaron EckhartSanderson
Michael RispoliSala
Amber HeardChenault
Richard JenkinsLotterman
Giovanni RibisiMoberg
Amaury NolascoSegurra
Marshall BellDonovan
Bill SmitrovichMr. Zimburger
Julian HollowayWolsley
Bruno IrizarryLazar
Enzo CilentiDigby
Aaron LustigMonk
Tisuby GonzálezRosy
Natalia RiveraChenault’s Friend
Karen AustinMrs. Zimburger
Julio Ramos VelezIntruder (as Julio Ramos)
Rafael AlvarezTaxi Driver (as Rafa Alvarez)
Sasha MercedCafé Girl
Eduardo CortésCafé Patron
Karimah WestbrookPapa Nebo
Guillermo ValedonXanadu Maître d’ (as Guillermo Valedón)
William CharltonHotel Waiter
Javier GrajedaJudge
Miguel Angel ReyesEl Monstruo’s Trainer
Terrance HarklessMan in Hat
Andy UmbergerMr. Green
Armando PerezPoliceman (as Armando Pérez)
Bill ChottBowling Champ
Gavin HoustonSailor
Lisa RobinsBowling Champ Wife
Noel DelgadoNight Club Dancer
Alejandro CarpioMorell
Jaime ‘Jimmy’ NavarroHubert
Carlos Alberto LopezUnion Leader
Jimmy OrtegaCop on Fire
Jose Luis Vazquez CorianoDrunk (as José Coriano)
Angel NolascoSegurra’s Daddy
Javier Ortiz CortésUnion Leader 2 (as Javier Ortiz-Cortés)
Jorge AntaresUnion Leader 3
Aurelio LimaIntruder Sidekick 1
Luis GonzagaIntruder Sidekick 2
Randall JacobsHound Dog Taylor
Edgar Lebrón LandrauBouncer
Eric ColónCock Fight Referee
Daniel KalalParty Guest (as Dan Kalal)
Luís GarcíaDancer
Christian OrtizDancer
Francisco LlanoDancer
Sylvia MendizabalDancer
Sergio RubioDancer
Roberto SánchezDancer
Maberidi PolancoDancer
Mariré VasalloDancer
Fanny CabreraDancer
Denisse FitzgeraldDancer
Arike RiceDancer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Johnse Allende Jr.Dancer (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jacob BrowneCock Fight Gambler (uncredited)
Ramiro ‘Ramir’ Delgado RuizProtestor (uncredited)
Gilbert GuashJournalist (uncredited)
Adolf HitlerSelf (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spencer KaydenMrs. Nakamura – Geisha Girl (uncredited)
John F. KennedySelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fran MendezPedestrian (uncredited)
Jorge NavarroBar Customer (uncredited)
Richard NixonSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Diana NorisAna Ramirez (uncredited)
Susan PagesNewspaper Employee (uncredited)
Jimmy SantosPasserby (uncredited)

*Neyz reads the tag-line*

N: “American journalist Paul Kemp takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico for a local newspaper in the 1960’s and struggles to find a balance between local culture and the expatriates who live there.”

W: Expatriates, that’s good verbiage.

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