Unfortunately for Tromeo, while she reciprocates his affections, her father, Cappy (William Beckwith credited as Maximillian Shaun), wants her to marry her fiancé, a meat mogul named London Arbuckle (Steve Gibbons). When he and his pals crash a party being held by the Capulets, however, he soon falls head over heels in love with the pretty vegetarian Juliet Capulet (Jane Jensen). In the middle of this family feud is Tromeo Que (Will Keenan), a young man who loves pornography and spends a lot of time hanging out with his relatives Benny (Stephen Blakehart) and Tyrone (Patrick Connor) getting into trouble. Set in the New Jersey of the late nineties, the film tells the story of two families, the Ques and the Capulets who, after a dispute over some sex film distribution rights, wind up in a nasty and ongoing feud. Directed by Lloyd Kaufman and co-written by James Gunn (who would later write Scooby Doo and the Dawn Of The Dead remake in addition to directing Slither) it's equal parts clever social satire, base exploitation and bizarre juvenility but somehow it manages to all come together. Made in 1999 to cash in on Baz Luhrman's theatrical release of Romeo + Juliet starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Troma's Tromeo And Juliet is another in the studio's long line of crasstastic films chock full of sex, violence, humor and gross out moments.
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