Jay and Silent Bob Go Down Under

Filmmaker and comedian Kevin Smith returns to EPIX with an all new special, taped in front of a sell out audience in Sydney...

How to rate these videos? As a Smith fan, I instinctively want to rate them higher because I laugh. But yet, it seems that each time one comes out, the brand gets more and more diminished. Smith's movie career has gone downward since "Chasing Amy" (with the exception of "Red State"), and these specials have followed suit.

The "Evening with Kevin Smith" DVDs (at least the first two) were great, because it was a compilation of some of his best touring material, and we heard some great behind-the-scenes Hollywood stories about how movies are made and the strange decisions the studio executives make. Now we are left with Jason Mewes telling bizarre sexual encounter stories. I am not sure how much they have left before they have completely run out of material.

I like that the show is called "Jay and Silent Bob Get Old", because it is a great double entendre: not only are they aging, but their show is growing old, too, and maybe not in the best way. (And yet I keep watching...)

"Jay and Silent Bob Go Down Under" (2012) is live "stand-up comedy" (they are sitting) show, Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes did within "Jay and Silent Bob Get Old" series. This time they went "down under" in Australia and did one hour show in front of a sell out audience in Sydney. I'm huge fan of these guys, but I must admit that series title suits the show - their humor is getting old. It's not bad, but I wouldn't pay money to see it.

6/10