Tromeo and Juliet

Plot synopsis:
Set in modern-day Manhattan, the film begins with the narrator (Lemmy of Motörhead) introducing two families: the Capulets and the Ques.
At the center of these families are Tromeo Que and Juliet Capulet. Tromeo lives in squalor with his alcoholic father Monty and works at a tattoo parlor with his cousin Benny and friend Murray. Juliet is sequestered in her family’s mansion, watched over by her abusive father Cappy, passive mother Ingrid, and overprotective cousin Tyrone, all the while being sexually satisfied by family servant Ness (Debbie Rochon).
Both Tromeo and Juliet are trapped in cases of unrequited love: Tromeo lusts for the big-bosomed, promiscuous Rosie; Juliet is engaged to wealthy meat tycoon London Arbuckle as prelude to an arranged marriage.
In the meantime, a bloody brawl between Murray and Sammy Capulet catches the attention of Detective Ernie Scalus, who gathers the heads of the two families together and declares that they will be held personally accountable for any further breaches of peace. Almost immediately afterwards, Monty and Cappy start threatening each other with weapons. Sammy gets caught in the window of Monty’s speeding car, where he is thrown head-first into a fire hydrant and (very slowly) dies.
On the insistence of Murray and Benny, Tromeo attends the Capulets' masquerade ball in the hopes of meeting Rosie, only to find another man performing cunnilingus on her. Tromeo staggers around the party in disillusion until he locks eyes with those of Juliet. The two instantly fall for each other and share a dance until an angry Tyrone chases him out of the house.
Tromeo and Juliet continue to be enamored by one another from afar. Cappy, disgusted at his daughter’s active libido, forcefully imprisons her in a plastic cage as punishment. Tromeo sneaks into the house of Capulet and the two meet once again. After proclaiming their love for each other both verbally and physically, they agree to be married. Juliet breaks her engagement with Arbuckle and, with the help of Father Lawrence, the two are married in secrecy the next day.
Tyrone, upon discovering Juliet‘s secret affair, gathers his gang together and challenges Tromeo to a duel. Now a kinsman to the Capulets, Tromeo refuses to fight, suggesting to both sides to bring the lifelong feud to an end. Murray accepts the duel on Tromeo’s behalf and, in the ensuing brawl, is mortally wounded by Tyrone‘s club. Tromeo, enraged by his friend’s death, pursues Tyrone and slays him (through a series of car crashes which dismember him) and goes into hiding from the police.
Learning that she is involved with Tromeo, Cappy savagely beats Juliet and forces her to reconcile with Arbuckle. Arbuckle accepts her re-proposal and the marriage is set. Juliet visits Father Lawrence, who reunites her with Tromeo and enlists the help of Fu Chang, the apothecary, who sells Juliet a special potion which will aide her predicament.
On the day of her wedding, Juliet swallows the apothecary’s potion, transforming her into a hideous cow monster, complete with a three-foot penis. The mere sight of her causes Arbuckle to leap out of Juliet’s window in fright, committing suicide. Enraged over the loss of his would-be son-in-law and meat inheritance, Cappy attempts to rape and murder Juliet, but Tromeo arrives just in time, knocking Cappy unconscious and bringing Juliet’s appearance back to normal by a single kiss. Cappy awakens, taking both lovers captive by crossbow-point. While he is distracted, Juliet performs one last act of defiance against her father and electrocutes him.
As Tromeo and Juliet leave the house of Capulet, they are confronted by Ingrid and Monty, who reveal to them the real reason behind the Capulet/Que feud: Long ago, Cappy and Monty were the owners of the successful Silky Films production company. Ingrid, married to Monty at time, struck up an affair with Cappy, eventually birthing a son which Monty raised as his own. Faced with a divorce from Ingrid and the threat of having his son taken away from him, Monty was forced to sign over all the rights of Silky Films to the Capulets in exchange for his son. After the initial shock at the revelation that they are siblings, Tromeo and Juliet are determined not to let their whole ordeal be for naught; they passionately embrace and drive off into the sunset.
The film picks up six years later in Tromaville, New Jersey, where Tromeo and Juliet, now married, have become suburban yuppies with a house and (birth defected/deformed) children of their own.
The film ends with the narrator’s brief poem for the lovers: "And all of our hearts free to let all things base go/As taught by Juliet and her Tromeo". A brief shot of William Shakespeare laughing uproariously is shown before the end credits.

Tags: violence, cult, psychedelic, absurd, satire, humor, romantic

Review:
In the middle of all of this insanity are Tromeo and Juliet, literature's most famous "star crossed" lovers that fall for each other at first sight and problems arise when they realize whose family the other belongs to.The film follows the basic plot of the original play remarkably well and key scenes even use the original, or close to original, lines.
Like with most Troma its in your face, taboo subjects, gore and sex, and yet add in some really good acting and a Shakespeare plot.
You really have to see this movie to believe it!There are some hillarious jokes in the credits (best credits I've seen since Hot Shots) loads of Troma in jokes as well as general satire and shakespeare refs.
Troma at its best, this film really is a gem, and goes in my top 5 favourite movies of all time.
The effects are generally gross--though obviously fake--and the humor is generally stupid--and not the "funny stupid."I'm sure I'll get fried by the Troma Fans Union of America, but if you pay close attention to my review--like you should--I'm NOT panning this movie on account of EVERYBODY on the face of this Earth.
I haven't seen many "Romeo and Juliet" movie adaptations, but surely this is the one I enjoyed the most.
The 1996 version featuring DiCaprio and Claire Danes is a total mess compared to this one,  it isn't half as entertaining as TROMA'S TROMEO AND JULIET.
I can't find a word to describe this movie, but I think of these: twisted, sick, entertaining, mind blowing, aggressive, explosive.The explitic sex scenes are well crafted, not disgusting as in other efforts (for a TROMA movie this is a surprise), and I guess that die hard Shakespeare fans deeply enjoy them as this is totally different POV of how Shakespeare would describe an explicit sex scene.
Addecuated for this times.If you're bored by now after reading the original play 100 times, then watch TROMEO AND JULIET for a twisted (and I mean TWISTED) Shakespeare experience.
Tromeo and Juliet (1996) is another jewel in the Troma Studios film archives.
If you have seen or read the play before nothing much has change except it has been "tromatized".Lloyd Kaufman adds his own twisted vision to the screenplay and makes it highly enjoyable film.
Lloyd Kaufman doesn't disappoint because you know what to expect from his films and other Troma productions.
If you like fun films with cheesy special effects, over the top acting and inspired directing, then this movie's just for you!.
So, mixing this silly story into the mix of Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz's Troma world is actually not a bad idea: lots of torpedo-the-top violence, excessive, icky almost Nickelodeon-slime-like gore, nudity and sex, and punk rock and piercings and tattoos for the characters.
When there's a gang-fight here, or any kind of altercation that might result in violence, there's not only gotta be blood - severed limbs, torn and cracked skulls, maybe even the occasional mutation or radioactive penis might do the trick.Here, it's a story told with a little more down-and-dirt grit (and coming out right around the time, intentional or not, with the Baz Luhrman Romeo + Juliet makes a terrific counterpoint for that film's unknowing stupidity).
You'll have to see it to believe it.Tromeo and Juliet offers up a lot of the gross-out stuff and crazy, X-rated cartoonish violence, including, a hight-light for me, a man's face stuck in a car window as it drives at top speed and then being flung to a fire hydrant.
But it also has James Gunn as writer and (un-official-but-really-was-co) director of the film, and it's fascinating to see after Slither and Super to see that his mark is on it: the film is more disturbing than one might expect from the crude but playful Kaufman, such as the 'black room' with the Plexiglas Capulet has, and some of the more crazy sexual dialog (though some of it is still Troma-light, like when Juliet calls a phone sex line just cause a picture she sees in the ad looks like Tromeo...
Once upon a time, Troma, the company that brought us cinema classics such as: The Toxic Avenger, Rabid Grannies, Poultrygeist, Redneck Zombies and Surf Nazis Must Die, decided long ago to adapt Shakespeare's famous play, 'Romeo and Juliet.' This adaptation decided to spice up the story by adding kinky sex, extreme violence, genital monsters, body piercing and incest and it succeeded in creating a bizarre yet hilarious film.
Many may think it sounds like utter crap that only morons would find funny...they may be right, but at the same time they may need to lighten up and enjoy the insanity and mind-numbingness that is Tromeo and Juliet.With a great cast, a funny script (by James Gunn and Lloyd Kaufman), a fitting soundtrack and plenty of great visual gags, Kaufman has yet again succeeded in turning what is right upside down and grossing the hell out of everyone.
This time, Lloyd takes Shakespeare's love story, turns it inside out, Tromatizes it, and adds that long, lost, entertainment value it was always lacking.
Tromeo And Juliet is the definitive edition of a rather lackluster story, and the crown jewel of the Troma universe.Years ago, in Tromaville, N.J. business partners, Monty Que and Cap Capulet start a film company called Silky Films, which would produce supposedly tasteful, soft core films.
It might, or might not, go a little something like the original, but figuring out how this one ends up is just simply not going to happen, you'll never see it coming."The one with Leo" is downright sleep-inducing compared to Tromeo & Juliet, but if watered-down, over-directed, big-budget, Hollywood, Garbage is what you've been programmed to go for, then by all means, go for it, but if you're in the mood for something a little more colorful, something that really packs a punch, and doesn't follow the "normal" movie pattern, and if you happen to have a rather abnormal sense of humor, then you just might not hate this movie.
Known largely for his production company Troma Productions and the cult favorite Toxic Avenger (1984), I doubt even movie historians and supposed bastions of good taste have ever heard of him.
Recently I watched my third helping of Kaufman's madness while staying the night at a friend of a friend's house.Tromeo and Juliet is a grungy, perverted and comic retelling of the classic Romeo and Juliet tale by William Shakespeare.
He goes to a Capulet party with his floozy girlfriend and best friend Murray (Valentine Miele) but catches the eye of Juliet and thus their romance and a lot of gore and hilarity begins.In many ways Tromeo and Juliet plays Shakespeare much like it was probably played in the 16th century.
Thank of that next time you see a person's face dimly lit by the light of their iphone.Tromeo and Juliet brings the story back where it belongs; to the masses and for that reason is probably the best film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet I have seen.
For the cheap seats; I think this is the best film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet I have seen!
There's blood, mayhem, humor and cheap, cheap sex in this salacious re-imagining and there are just enough changes in the plot to both appeal to Shakespeare originalists and people who aren't fans of ionic pentameter.Of course this movie is not for anyone.
Yet when I look back at my time in theater and the colorful, bawdy people I knew and called my friends, I can't think of one who wouldn't enjoy Tromeo and Juliet.
TROMEO & JULIET - 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITIONWilliam Shakespeare's play Romeo & Juliet has been interpreted hundreds of times on stage and in films.
Lloyd Kaufman's film certainly stands out as one of the most original, modern versions of the bard's creation, It may be placed in a modern-day decaying New York and full of the modern-day anti-social behavior, body piercing, dismemberment and kinky sex (which, for the more than casual reader, Shakespeare himself wasn't shying away from), but at the same time it stays incredibly close to the overall feel and point of what the play is all about, which is quite an effort.
I've never heard of Troma before watching this movie.I had already given up hope to see a great movie until I saw "Tromeo and Juliet".
Lloyd Kaufman and James Gunn give Shakespeare's classic tale of star-crossed lovers the Troma treatment, infusing the bard's play with the studio's trademark brand of gross-out gags, cartoonish violence, and sex and nudity.
The result is typically tasteless and extremely juvenile, with wee, poo, fart, and penis jokes aplenty, but it also manages to be a surprisingly fun slice of nonsense, Kaufman and Gunn melding their lunacy with Shakepeare's prose to form a script that will delight Troma fans while somehow still managing to keep the whole affair surprisingly faithful to the original (at least until the ending).Okay, Shakespeare probably didn't envisage Lemmy from Motorhead as narrator of his work, nor is it likely that he ever anticipated the addition of a kiddie-fiddling priest, Juliet (the lovely Jane Jensen) making it with (T)Romeo inside a Plexiglas box, or a mutant cow/Juliet equipped with a massive schlong, but he wasn't above using vulgar tactics of his own, as evidenced by the gore-fest that is Titus Andronicus, the incestuous nature of both Pericles and Hamlet, and the countless crude sexual innuendos in his other plays.
I'd have to say that Lloyd Kaufman's three greatest films are "The Toxic Avenger", "Troma's War" and of course "Tromeo & Juliet".
If Shakespeare were to of teamed up with Salvidor Dali and John Waters, the result would be a film like "Tromeo & Juliet".
Tromeo and Juliet is perhaps the best Shakespeare modernization I have ever seen, not that there's much competition, but anyway...All in all, Tromeo and Juliet is definitely one of Troma's better movies, one of the little pearls hidden in a towering heap of dung.
Well, except for the ending, where Tromeo and Juliet kill Juliet's abusive father, and live happily together in a sunny suburban area for the rest of their lives with their hideously mutated children.THIS is the movie high school literature classes should show instead of making poor students read through hundreds and hundreds of pages of Shakespeare's scripts.
This movie is a absolute masterpiece!, 'Tromeo and Juliet' has all the Kinky Sex, Car Crashes, Mutations and a Penis Monster that Shakespeare always wanted but never got!
Tromeo and Juliet is the Troma classic adored by fans world wide!
What can i say about Tromeo and Juliet, other than if you like twisted Troma machinations, then you MUST see this movie!
i haven't seen a troma film before this but i was pleasantly surprised with it after catching glimpses of some of old troma work,This is a definite must see and must buy after you see it cause it is that cool =) funny with drama and some B Rated gore.You Love it right away just give it a rental At LEAST..
The story essentially follows the classic Shakespeare play we've all come to love (or in my case, hate), but spiced up in a way that only Troma can manage.
Tromeo and Juliet is a must-see for any fan of Troma Films, or cult movies in general..
This film is a brilliant retelling of Shakespeare's classic love story, complete with "kinky sex, body piercing, and dismemberment".
This movie should be viewed by all, because it remains faithful to the original story while still being jam-packed with Troma's trademark gore/sex humor..
I found it real shocking at first to see William Shakespeare's love masterpiece reworked into a gory, violent and kinky sensual movie adaptation.
But after you watched it once, it sort of grows on you when you watch it the second and third times, as you come over the shock and start appreciating the movie on its own merits - solid acting, good dialogue, nice sequencing and choreography, not-too-bad soundtrack and some of the (special) effects that go on.
I think it may have been better if the movie would have just gone for its own story rather than trying to base it on Shakespeare's play, but it still works pretty well.
I thought the direction was poor but let's face it, Lloyd Kaufman really doesn't know what he's doing, but he does know how to entertain and that's what he did with this movie.If you decide to sit through Tromeo and Juliet, expect a good time but not anything spectacular.
Troma Pictures are an acquired taste, and this one, an 'adaptation' of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, directed by Troma founder Lloyd Kaufman, is no exception.You want suicidal squirrels?
A Shakespeare film provided by Troma entertainment?
Their version of Shakespeare's play is extremely funny with the usual dose of Troma nudity and gore.
Troma has made some very good gore films, one of my favorites is "Street Trash" and of course the Toxic Avenger movies.
Unfortunately their fathers are at each other as Juliet's dad wants to take over Tromeo's dad's movie studio, but could love really conquer them all and stop this feud?
Hilarious and gross horror comedy drama satire from the wacky and disgusting people at Troma is a wonderful modern day take on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
This has set the scene for many of Troma's movies, this is a very Tromatic film.
This is the best adaption of Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet.
Tromeo and Juliet, belonging to two different families with a lot of bad blood between them, meet and fall in love and decide to go against their families' wishes and be together.
Troma's TROMEO AND JULIET is the best modern update of Shakespear ever to hit film.
For the most part it follows the true Romeo and Juliet story, but many Troma elements are added.
with this movie, those amazing people at troma offer you a whole new perspective into the story of romeo and juliet in ways you never would have thought to be possible!
The ony ones I can think of that really nail the romance's spirit were WEST SIDE STORY and, beleive it or not, Troma Film's TROMEO AND JULIET.
There's a great scene where Juliet utters the famous, "Parting is such sweet sorrow," and tromeo quickly follows, in mid-nineties grunge fashion, "Yeah, it totally sucks."  I think it's truly unfortunate that this film isn't going to get the recognition or the wide release that it deserves.
I have seen the future movies since Tromeo & Juliet (T & J), and while they are good, they cannot touch this one.
The sets, the sex, the gore, the plot, the incest.......ahhhhhhh, too sweet.I would like to define what I consider a "Troma Movie".
A true "Troma" movie is one that is produce by Lloyd Kaufman.
Tromeo Que and Juliet Capulet are star crossed lovers, whose love for each other must overcome their fathers hate for each other.
I love Troma movies, but this is by far the best!I will not spoil the movie's ending for you, I can only hope you watch it.
Right now, I could waste a few paragraphs describing the 110-minute insanity fest that is Lloyd Kaufman's "Tromeo and Juliet," but I'll put it like this: they don't get any better than this!
I'll admit I know a great deal about Troma but have seen very few of their films.
So, if "The Toxic Avenger" is the Citizen Kane of bad movies, then what does this say about "Tromeo and Juliet"?10/10.
Troma's very weird and very gross response to William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' is not for all tastes (the nipple piercing scene is not for the squeamish).
If you're reading my comment you probably know everything about how the films of Troma are and why they are so unique and great so you are probably, if you haven't watch it of course, imagine how is the mix between Shakespeare and Kaufman.
Since the very beginning, with Lemmy of Motorhead as the narrator, this film is nothing but a really unique, bizarre and hilarious version of the Shakespeare classic.Capulet and Que, the last names of two rival families that once were friends but now the only thing that they feel of each other is hate.
The life of Tromeo Que (Will Keenan) will never be the same after he meet Juliet Capulet (Jane Jensen) and they must fight for an impossible but true love.I really like the way that the hate between the two families is shown at the beginning because this is real hate and all the members are just crazy in different ways, of course depending of which last name they have.
The end is also hilarious with the real reason of the hate between the families and the sons of Tromeo and Juliet.The cast is also pretty cool with the beauty of Jane Jensen and Debbie Rochon and a great and funny work of Will Keenan.
There are great cameos: Lemmy as the narrator, Lloyd Kaufman appears at a party, Ron Jeremy and also Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. and Toxie appears.Well I really enjoyed this film but I can only recommend it to people who know something about Troma.
Well in my humble opinion no it doesn't, I'm not a fan of the Troma way of doing things & I don't really like their films.
If you haven't already guessed I didn't like Tromeo and Juliet that much, apart from a few effective scenes there is little here to get excited about.Directors Gunn & Kaufman didn't have much of a budget to work with & it shows, this has all the low production values, poor special effects & moronic ideals that most Troma films suffer from.
The acting is terrible & these people shouldn't go anywhere near a camera ever again.Tromeo and Juliet is an interesting take on Shakespeare to say the least, but that doesn't mean it's any good.