The Movie

Bon Jovi "stars" as Frank Hopper, an attorney who quit to become a dreamer. Sadly, his plans go all wrong, at least according to the tale his best friend Carl (David Faustino, Bud from "Married with Children") tells the janitor (Curtis Armstrong, aka "Booger" from "Revenge of the Nerds"). While buying an ass warmer for his mom (who is implied to be dead later in the movie), Frank fills out a survey that is actually a credit card application...and despite having no job and no money, they send him a card.

After buying presents for his sister (Nora Dunn) and her son, he gets more cards and decides to use them to start a women's hockey league. It's all nice and Title IX, but aren't there already women's hockey leagues? Anyway... Frank also fights with a little person at a cocktail party while trying to win his ex-girlfriend (Estella Warren) back from her new boyfriend (Cary Elwes). The entire scene is basically the worst set up ever for the coming action. The girlfriend dumps the new boyfriend. The little person, who is dumped in a bowl of punch, actually owns "Credit Card Central" and Elwes is the assistant district attorney who can't wait to get back at Frank.

The movie that follows is rarely about hockey. Former "Mad TV" star Pat Kilbane is a homeless guy who lives at the hockey rink. Some of the hockey players are cute and we see their breasts a few times. One is large and mean and lots of jokes are made about that. Some nameless schmo at the credit card company is "keeping an eye" on Frank's expenses for, literally, no good reason.

The fact that the last half of this 86-minute film takes place in a courtroom with Frank – surprise, surprise – acting as his own counsel makes me question why they bothered to call it Pucked when it could have been "National Lampoon's Next Lame Ass Piece of Crap Movie".

The Picture

The feature is shown in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen. It's not a bad looking movie, per se. The breasts are well lit, at least, but unless you're 14, that should not be enough to entice you.

The Sound

Dolby Digital 5.1 surround is available, but it could have been mono and been fine. I'm not even sure they had a foley artist on this thing.

The Extras

Any DVD in which a featurette titled "Dirty Old Man Featurette" is more entertaining than the actual film can't be good. But "Dirty Old Man" is funny. I laughed more in 5 minutes than I did through the rest of this "comedy."

Also available is the "PooNanny Featurette," which is mostly a topless woman eating a banana.

Parting Thoughts...

Bon Jovi saw a million faces and he rocked them all. But when it comes to acting, especially in National Lampoon's Pucked he should have just stayed home and spent some time thinking about how bad his hair looks these days. If you can avoid this movie, do so. The only redeeming bit is one of the featurettes, which is why you should Skip It.