The Tripper is the David Arquette
Directorial Debut

Release: 2007
Directed by: David Arquette
Written by: David Arquette and Joe Harris

Starring:
Jason Mewes as Joey
Lukas Haas as Ivan
Stephen Heath as Jack
Jaime King as Samantha
Thomas Jane as Buzz Hall
Christopher Allen Nelson as Gus

When it comes to politics, I can’t stand stereotypes…but politics is nothing but. If you are a Democrat then you must want the government to take full control over every aspect of society but of course if you are a Republican then you want children to starve and the elderly to die. If I had to pick then I would have to be borderline Libertarian with an understanding that we as a people could not handle a true Libertarian state so that makes me a realist. All politics is corrupt, on both sides of the isle, and somehow we are supposed to go through life as if nothing is wrong. That is one of the reasons why I love horror (it is a great release) and one of the main reasons why I wanted to see David Arquette’s directorial debut.

The Tripper starts us out in 1967 with a young Gus watching the evening news which is showing scenes of Vietnam inter mixed with scenes of then Gov. Ronald Reagan. Gus’s dad is a logging foreman and his mother is very ill. This day sees Gus’s dad being called away because a group of activists have put themselves in front of a Redwood tree effectively putting a halt to the days work. Gus goes with his dad and witnesses an altercation that leads to his dad being hit. After the police are called to the scene, when all is calm and quiet, Gus picks up a chainsaw and goes to town on the activist that dared to hit his father.

Flash forward to modern day and we meet a slew of modern day hippies led by Joey (Jason Mewes) in a van on there way to a hippie fest in the middle of the same woods that Gus killed that activist. Coincidence? Could be, but I am not a betting man. A lot of drug ingestion, free love, and psychedelic music (Ahh, memories) make for the perfect instigation for a crazed man (Gus) who has become obsessed with Ronald Reagan, hippies, and axes. I see a weekend of “art, love, and music” that will make those folks at Woodstock look like amateurs.

I like David Arquette. I enjoy his sense of humor. He is certifiably nuts and he doesn’t hide it. In The Tripper, he makes fun of both sides of the isle. Now don’t get me wrong, by the time the credits role you will have no question which way that Mr. Arquette leans. He makes it a point in the movie though to put out the hypothesis that both the “corporate cronies” and the “leftist radicals” have forgotten the point that the backbone of society doesn’t care about either of them.

The Tripper is not a classic piece of film that will last through the ages, it does not have the best acting and the effects are ok for low budget. David Arquette doesn’t do a bad job in the director’s chair either.

The Tripper will not win any awards and it will not achieve critical acclaim. I don’t think that was what Mr. Arquette was shooting for though. The Tripper is just a fun movie.  Questions or comments about The Tripper? Contact us!

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