This was another Jennifer pick I put off writing about due to laziness/complacency. She likes it because she’s a big fan of William H Macy which is cool, he’s a great actor. Sadly, he’s in the horrible dud alongside the not-funny Tim Allen and Martin Lawrence while John Travolta makes you regret getting a second chance via Pulp Fiction. The premise was executed a thousand times better in Albert Brooks’ Lost in America while Hogs is by the numbers: slapstick, homophobic jokes involving a motorcycle cop, the love interest, a biker gang and obligatory guest spots/cameos.
So is there anything good to say? A few things do come to mind. It was nice to see the Sklar Brothers play a pair deputies in a small Arizona town. Kyle Glass of Tenacious D is a goofy karaoke singer at a chili fair. Finally, the late Steve Landesberg appears as a main character’s personal accountant. Oh, it was good to Ray Liota get work beyond shilling for Chantix.
I’m confident Hogs is cycling on multiple cable channels since the most programming just fills time until they might have original programming: Comedy Central especially. If you stumble upon it, keep surfing. If you see it listed in your streaming service, skip it unless you really, really want to see Macy getting paid and/or you find ex-felon-turned-right-wing crank Allen funny, even though his stand-up was just one joke dragged out into a weekly sitcom. This movie should’ve been pitched in the Nineties when three of the leads were relevant.