This was a welcome change of pace, a film that was a bit independent and a bit mainstream, yet all in all, was still hilarious. With an unknown and unproven cast, this film captured a certain sense of zeal within a viewer, certainly making the viewer wish highway patrolmen were this funny and irregular all the time. Funny, even though the comedy was sometimes low brow, this film certainly earned its accolades at the Sundance Film Festival.

Thorny (Jay Chandrasekhar),Mac (Steve Lemme),Rabbit (Erik Stolhanske),Foster (Paul Soter) and Farva (Kevin Heffernan) are Vermont state troopers stationed near the border under Captain O'Hagan (Brian Cox). They are a bunch of wacky prankster cops in danger of losing their 50 miles of highway to the rival local Spurbury P.D. A dead woman is discovered and they let Chief Grady (Daniel von Bargen) of Spurbury take the case. Foster is infatuated with the lone woman cop Ursula (Marisa Coughlan) at the Spurbury P.D. The guys stumble onto a big shipment of marijuana which could be related to the dead woman.

The five guys call themselves Broken Lizard. It's a lot of deadpan wacky humor. The guys have a nice charm about them. The jokes are mostly scattershot hit and miss. They are throwing everything on the screen but the guys' flat delivery takes much of the energy from the wackiness. The jokes don't land that hard but I really appreciate the relentless attempt.

In Vermont, the budget of the City Hall is not enough to maintain the highway patrol and the police force, and one of them is to be terminated. When the two troopers are disputing their survival, the highway patrol arrests a huge load of marijuana. However, their apprehension is credited to the police department, enhancing their dispute. Yesterday I saw this VHS on sale, and after reading many favorable reviews in IMDb, I decided to buy it. My son and I laughed a lot of the silly and very dumb jokes, and "Super Troopers" is nothing more than an overrated brainless comedy. However, call it "future classic" or "one of the best comedies ever" is such an exaggeration and I can imagine how is the taste of such a viewer. "Super Troopers" follows the same type of low-level jokes and satires of the "Police Academy", which is better and better. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Super Tiras" ("Super Cops")