MPAA Rating: extremely crude humor throughout, including strong sexuality, graphic nudity, violence and for pervasive language and some drug use

Review coming from Contributor: Christopher Walker

Moral Rating:

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Moviemaking Quality:

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Primary Audience:

Adults, Teens

Genre:

Satire, Action, Comedy, Horror

Length:

1 hr. 56 min.

Year of Release:

2008

USA Release:

May 23, 2008 (1,000 theaters) / DVD release: August 26, 2008

Relevant Issues

Every time you buy a movie ticket or rent a video you are casting a vote telling Hollywood “That’s what I want.” Why does Hollywood continue to promote immoral programming? Are YOU part of the problem, or part of the solution?

“Some comedies go too far… others start there.”

Producer’s Synopsis: “‘Postal’ is crude, raw, grossly ‘funny’ and based on the popular videogame of the same name. The film also pushes the boundaries of good taste and all that is politically, morally and socially correct as if it were a live-action ‘South Park.’

Unemployed and frustrated, Dude (Zack Ward) is intent on finally making some money and running away from the hell hole that has become his life. In his feeble attempt to get back on track, he reluctantly joins his uncle Dave (Dave Foley) in a get-rich-quick scheme involving the stealing and reselling of the scarce but highly sought after OKrotch-y-Dolls, the must-have toy of the season.

In outrageous tribute to the videogame, writer/director Uwe Boll ensures that ‘Postal’ holds true to its trailer-trash origins: offensive dialogue, random violence and inane, wildly comedic characters that will surely want to make all comers go ‘postal.’”

“…so much bloody violence… How very un-PC… Uwe Boll doesn't make art. He makes what could be considered its antithesis: Purposefully violent and vulgar filmed adventures that force the viewer to question the value, and purpose, of human expression.…”
—Katherine Monk, Canwest News Service

“…In the gloriously bloody travesty that is Postal, director Uwe Boll tries to shake us into accepting his film as something very shocking. Carcasses litter the streets like cigarette butts; oral sex is dispensed as casually as a handshake; and, oh, the poop jokes. Boll is labouring under the mistaken belief, though, that shock derives from the absence of restraint. In fact, we are shocked when restraint is intelligently negotiated. What Boll gives us, instead, is a boring beating over the head.…”
—Michael Harris, The Globe and Mail

“…Sometimes bad taste is just bad taste… a comedy that's severely abrasive and unfunny…”
—Matt Pais, Chicago Tribune

“…Being intentionally offensive and occasionally funny in its gonzo ‘Naked Gun’-style tactics, ‘Postal’ strikes me as marginally superior to Morgan Spurlock's merely boneheaded ‘Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?’ But that's like saying Moe is smarter than Curly.…”
—Kyle Smith, New York Post

“…‘Postal’ goes from offensive 9/11 comedy (window washers on the WTC) to trailer-park crudity and back with no rhyme or reason.…”
—Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York