The 'development' – if you can even use that sort of term in this case – of Uwe Boll's career is getting all the more pitiable lately and, based on my viewing experience with "Postal", even downright embarrassing. At first he simply was just another untalented director whose video game horror-adaptations evoked non-stop mockery amongst movie critics and members of various internet forums (including our very own IMDb horror board, where Uwe Boll is only second to Nick Palumbo of "Murder-Set- Pieces" when it comes to loser directors). Boll became infamous because he was stupid (or clever?) enough to respond to all the nit-picking on his persona in very aggressive ways. He grabs every opportunity at Festivals to state the media is against him, publicly claims himself to be a visionary filmmaker and even challenged movie critics to physically fight him in a boxing ring. All this alternative publicity seemingly led Uwe Boll to really enjoy and further exploit his reputation of German weirdo guy and I have the impression that since 2007 his film choices have turned in that direction as well. Okay, movies like "Alone in the Dark" and "House of the Dead" may perhaps have been abysmal and stupid, but at least they were pretty harmless and over-the-top gross. His more recent films, like "Seed" and "Stoic" are truly nauseating and wannabe controversial. "Postal" plays in yet another entirely different league. With this movie, Boll truly surpassed himself in terms of bad taste, shamelessness, vulgarity, immaturity and surrogate embarrassment. Especially during the sequences in which Boll granted himself a supportive role, and jokes about his supposed Nazi family background, you obviously notice him thinking aloud: "ha, look at how controversial I am!". Well, unfortunately, we have yet another newsflash for you, Mr. Boll
Movies such as this don't turn you into a controversial figure. Movies such as this one only make you an even bigger laughingstock then you were already.
Apparently Uwe Boll, as well as the (thankfully) restricted group of loyal fans of "Postal", loves to compare this movie with "South Park" and the escapades of Sasha Baron Cohen's character Borat; allegedly because all of these films/series satirically comment on the typically American life-style. Again, in the case of "Postal" this is a false and misleading statement. The script doesn't provide any social commentary on America at all; it only grotesquely enlarges all the already known and overused stereotypes. "Postal" is a gigantic caricature with all the clichés that "South Park" doesn't even dare to use anymore because they're so out of date and repetitive. Is it really that offensive and/or shocking to see another film featuring trailer-trash characters, obese sex-addicts, trigger-happy hillbillies, naive cult members, foul- mouthed midgets, racist police officers, cute kids getting blasted away, handicapped people in wheelchair getting run over by trucks or Muslim terrorists arguing about the number of virgins that awaits them in the afterlife? No, in fact, all this stuff is hopelessly antiquated and makes even the geekiest teenager roll his/her eyes. "Postal" has something that remotely resembles a plot, but I'll spare you the description since it's really not that interesting anyway. However, one thing that never ceases to amaze me is how Uwe Boll always manages to convince a handful of adequate and well-respected actors to appear in his rubbish. I'm not talking about lead stars Dave Foley and Zack Ward, because they both suck big time, but several of the supportive players like J.K. Simmons, Erick Avari and Seymour Cassel. There isn't a single laugh-out-loud moment in the entire film, let alone a more or less imaginative plot line, and the desperate attempts at obscenities (like child massacres, chimpanzee rape, 9/11 mockery, blasphemy and holocaust theme-parks) are utterly retarded.
Apparently Uwe Boll, as well as the (thankfully) restricted group of loyal fans of "Postal", loves to compare this movie with "South Park" and the escapades of Sasha Baron Cohen's character Borat; allegedly because all of these films/series satirically comment on the typically American life-style. Again, in the case of "Postal" this is a false and misleading statement. The script doesn't provide any social commentary on America at all; it only grotesquely enlarges all the already known and overused stereotypes. "Postal" is a gigantic caricature with all the clichés that "South Park" doesn't even dare to use anymore because they're so out of date and repetitive. Is it really that offensive and/or shocking to see another film featuring trailer-trash characters, obese sex-addicts, trigger-happy hillbillies, naive cult members, foul- mouthed midgets, racist police officers, cute kids getting blasted away, handicapped people in wheelchair getting run over by trucks or Muslim terrorists arguing about the number of virgins that awaits them in the afterlife? No, in fact, all this stuff is hopelessly antiquated and makes even the geekiest teenager roll his/her eyes. "Postal" has something that remotely resembles a plot, but I'll spare you the description since it's really not that interesting anyway. However, one thing that never ceases to amaze me is how Uwe Boll always manages to convince a handful of adequate and well-respected actors to appear in his rubbish. I'm not talking about lead stars Dave Foley and Zack Ward, because they both suck big time, but several of the supportive players like J.K. Simmons, Erick Avari and Seymour Cassel. There isn't a single laugh-out-loud moment in the entire film, let alone a more or less imaginative plot line, and the desperate attempts at obscenities (like child massacres, chimpanzee rape, 9/11 mockery, blasphemy and holocaust theme-parks) are utterly retarded.