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4.5/10
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Ernest joins the Army reserves so he can drive the bigrigs, but ends up being sent into combat!Ernest joins the Army reserves so he can drive the bigrigs, but ends up being sent into combat!Ernest joins the Army reserves so he can drive the bigrigs, but ends up being sent into combat!
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- 1 nomination
David Müller
- Col. Bradley Pierre Gullet
- (as David Muller)
Ivan D. Lucas
- Pres. Almar Habib Tufuti
- (as Ivan Lucas)
John R. Cherry III
- Sgt. Ben Kovsky - aka 'Sarge'
- (as John Cherry)
Farouk Valley-Omar
- Kibee
- (as Farouk Valley Omar)
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- TriviaThis is the final "Ernest" film, as well as Jim Varney's final on-screen appearance as the character of Ernest P. Worrell. Writer/director John R. Cherry III had planned for Varney to star in a non-Ernest comedy film. However, Varney had gotten so ill while shooting this movie that Cherry couldn't bring himself to make him work on the film. Varney died two years later, which motivated Cherry to retire.
- GoofsThe film's working title ''Stormin' Ernest'' is listed near the end of the closing credits instead of where ''Ernest in the Army'' would normally be.
- Quotes
Ernest P. Worrell: A real soldier wouldn't leave those people. And ironically, neither would I.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (2006)
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With only the vaguest semblance of a reason, Ernest is now in the Army, free to muck about in the sands of some weirdly ethnic Araby, a grotesque parody of the Persian Gulf and Somalia. He'll try to befriend an orphan lad, try to get the girl and basically hold together an uneasy mix of atrocious and overwrought acting, poorly-thought-out overlong comedy bits and a bizarre combination of stereotypes and weird, early-90's media. There's something just not right about the whole venture, but in defiance of the will of God - our just and terrible God - you'll pull through and watch the film to its inevitable conclusion. Because it's Ernest and you like Ernest.
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- Also known as
- Stormin' Ernest
- Filming locations
- Atlantis Dunes, Atlantis, Western Cape, South Africa("Karifistan" desert scenes)
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- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
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