Ernest in the Army
Ernest in the Army is a 1998 American direct-to-video comedy film directed by John Cherry and starring Jim Varney. It is the tenth and final film to feature the character of Ernest P. Worrell before Varney's death in February 2000. In this film, Ernest joins the Army because he wants to drive large vehicles, but ends up being sent into combat. It was shot in Cape Town, South Africa's Koeberg Nature Reserve. John Cherry's son, Josh portrayed Corporal Davis. Plot synopsis. Ernest is working as a golf ball collector at a  golf range in Valdosta, Georgia, but fantasizes about being a war hero. A friend tells him that if he joins the Army, he will get to drive large vehicles and never have to go into actual combat. He enlists in the reserves, but one day a UN peacekeeping commander Pierre Gullet and the British ambassador visit Ernest's camp and demands that the entire unit including him is to be deployed to the fictional Middle Eastern country of Karifistan, where he and his fellow soldiers have to assist UN troops in the hope of saving the country from being invaded  by an evil Islamic dictator named Tufuti of Aziria. Once he began, Ernest and his team investigates a dictator who was responsible for the wars in the nearby village. Suddenly, he finds a lost boy and has to keep him safe until his father is found. Home media. This film had its first DVD release from First Look Studios on October 1, 2002. It included the extra feature "Your World As I See It". Mill Creek Entertainment re-released both this film and its Bonus Feature along with "Knowhutimean? Hey Vern, It's My Family Album" as part of the  Maximum Ernest and Essential Ernest Collection DVD box sets on October 31, 2006. Image Entertainment re-released "Ernest in the Army" along with "Ernest Rides Again", "Ernest's Greatest Hits: Volume 1" and "Ernest's Greatest Hits: Volume 2" as the four-disc set Ernest's Wacky Adventures: Volume 1 on June 5, 2012. Image Entertainment re-released this film as part of Ernest Triple Feature on October 1, 2013 along with "Ernest Goes to School" and "Ernest Goes to Africa" and for the third time on January 12, 2016 as part of the two-disc set Ultimate Ernest Collection