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Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury

2011 · 90 min

A knowingly trashy, joke-a-minute revenge spoof that plays like a lost cable oddity, inviting you to laugh at its deliberate awfulness.

Tagline: No Lifeguard on Duty
Overview: In this unearthed lost movie from 1990 that the studio deemed too terrible to release, a Vietnam Veteran Sal Bando(Sorbo), tortured by his past as a Poolboy returns home to Van Nuys, California, and a country he doesn't recognize, in which it seems only Mexicans run pool-cleaning companies. Bando sets off on a brutal mission to reclaim his "rightful" vocation and enact revenge on the man(Trejo) who killed his wife and son.
How it feels: Absurd, campy, satirical and dark. Brisk and fine in the background.
About: Revenge, violence, race, trauma
Content: Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.
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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: revenge
violence
race
trauma
obsession
Places: suburbs
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: mockumentary
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild