Special Needs Revolt!

2024

Action

4
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 5.0/10 10 137 137

Director

Adrian Esposito Photo
Adrian Esposito

Top cast

Bill Weeden Photo
Bill Weeden as President Kruger
Debbie Rochon Photo
Debbie Rochon as Debbie Meadows
Bill Smith Photo
Bill Smith as Secret Service Man
Teresa Hui Photo
Teresa Hui as Ambassador Michelle Chan
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1.01 GB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
us  
24 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 2
1.87 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
us  
24 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 15

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by paul_m_haakonsen 2 / 10

Yeah, okay...

When I sat down to watch this 2024 movie titled "Special Needs Revolt", from director Adrian Esposito, I have to say that I harbored absolutely zero expectations. But I still opted to watch the movie as it was a movie that I hadn't already seen. And the movie's cover wasn't exactly doing much to help sell the movie convincingly.I can't claim to have found much of any enjoyment or entertainment in the script and storyline that writers Adrian Esposito, Curt Markham and Bill Weeden managed to piece together.Needless to say that I was not familiar with a single actor or actress on the cast list. The acting performances in the movie were not good. It was rather amateurish and wooden. Some of the performers were even looking directly into the camera at times during dialogue.The special effects in the movie were actually not entirely bad. I've seen far worse special effects in some movies, so at least that counted for something to the overall enjoyment of the movie.How this movie landed a 6.3 rating here on IMDb, as of the very moment I sat down and watch it, is simply beyond my comprehension.My rating of director Adrian Esposito's 2024 movie "Special Needs Revolt" lands on a generous two out of ten stars.
Reviewed by gregory-lamberson-author 8 / 10

Filmmaker Adrian Esposito wears his love for Troma on his sleeve... and his other sleeve... and the front of his shirt... and his pants... and everywhere he goes. He previously directed the excellent documentaries DIFFABILITY HOLLYWOOD and GREETINGS FROM TROMAVILLE, and this narrative feature blends the themes of those docs. It's a scathing social satire aimed squarely at a certain president and political philosophy. If you like Troma, subversive cinema, and/or fart jokes you'll probably LOVE this film, which is about a man with Down Syndrome who awakens from a coma in a future in which the U. S. has been taken over by an egomaniacal fascist (he could have just taken a short nap) and leads a revolt against the dictator. Nolan Tierce is appealing as the hero and Bill Weeden is appropriately deranged as the evil president, but my favorite character has to be Fart Bomb, a wrestler modeled after the Toxic Avenger. The film is a little rough around the edges like all his films and is easily 20 mins too long, but it features fun special effects, funny gags, and a great score by Armand John Petri. This indie film is a long-in-the-works passion project for Esposito, and kudos to him for using his art to express his feelings toward current events. Although released by Troma, it's only a Troma acquisition - Esposito and his mother Kristina made this film on their own, with blood, sweat and more sweat, in the spirit of a Troma. If you don't like Troma you'll want to approach this with caution, and if you don't even know what Troma is, you're in for a helluva surprise.
Reviewed by gregory-lamberson-author 8 / 10

Fart Bomb Rules!

Filmmaker Adrian Esposito wears his love for Troma on his sleeve... and his other sleeve... and the front of his shirt... and his pants... and everywhere he goes. He previously directed the excellent documentaries DIFFABILITY HOLLYWOOD and GREETINGS FROM TROMAVILLE, and this narrative feature blends the themes of those docs. It's a scathing social satire aimed squarely at a certain president and political philosophy. If you like Troma, subversive cinema, and/or fart jokes you'll probably LOVE this film, which is about a man with Down Syndrome who awakens from a coma in a future in which the U. S. has been taken over by an egomaniacal fascist (he could have just taken a short nap) and leads a revolt against the dictator. Nolan Tierce is appealing as the hero and Bill Weeden is appropriately deranged as the evil president, but my favorite character has to be Fart Bomb, a wrestler modeled after the Toxic Avenger. The film is a little rough around the edges like all his films and is easily 20 mins too long, but it features fun special effects, funny gags, and a great score by Armand John Petri. This indie film is a long-in-the-works passion project for Esposito, and kudos to him for using his art to express his feelings toward current events. Although released by Troma, it's only a Troma acquisition - Esposito and his mother Kristina made this film on their own, with blood, sweat and more sweat, in the spirit of a Troma. If you don't like Troma you'll want to approach this with caution, and if you don't even know what Troma is, you're in for a helluva surprise.
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