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The title of this movie really says it all. Nobody can watch it and expect greatness; it’s as brainless as it sounds. If you are in the mood for something so ridiculously stupid that it’s sometimes funny, then EVIL BONG is just the thing.
The movie tells the story of Alistair, a straight edged and intelligent, but socially awkward college student who moves into an apartment with three potheads: Larnell, Bachman, and Brett. When Larnell orders what is supposedly a possessed vintage bong, everybody, except nerdy Alistair, cannot wait to take a hit and experience a killer high. The thing is, the bong is actually evil and instead of giving the smoker a great trip it sends them somewhere else. See, Eebee the Bong has powers that transport the smoker into an alternate universe where at first they are made to believe they have entered what seems to be their idea of the perfect strip club. The dancers are beautiful, all their worries are taken away, but they are in grave danger. What these oblivious potheads are not aware of is that the beautiful dancers are equipped to kill, and the bad trip is inescapable: when you die in the Bong World’s strip club, you die in real life!
Once innocent stoners start dying off, the responsibility to save the day is left up to Alistair, who was the only one throughout the film to adamantly refuse smoking weed. In fact, his decision to never smoke is really put to the test, especially when Janet, a girl who he has a clear interest in, is sent to Eebee’s Bong World. He soon discovers that in order to rescue all of his new friends, he needs to give into the Evil Bong. With the help of Jimbo Leary, an experienced stoner and the original owner of Eebee the Bong, Alistair reaches the conclusion that the honorable thing to do is to “toke it up”. Leary is played by classic stoner Tommy Chong (CHEECH & CHONG), who is not the only well known actor to make an appearance in the movie; some other guest stars are Bill Moseley (HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES) and Phil Fondacaro (BORDELLO OF BLOOD).
The story line is clearly not dazzling, and what exactly the audience walks away with is questionable. Could it be that Alistair’s refusal to becoming a stoner is what led him to be the hero in the end? Does this mean that the moral of the story is that smoking weed is bad? I doubt it; he had to smoke in the end, so maybe the lesson here is moderation? Truth be told, I sincerely doubt there is any lesson to be learned here because I don’t think that was the intention of the filmmaker. It was definitely stupid, but it was also funny at times, which is pretty much what I predicted it would be, nothing more and nothing less.
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