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Sacha Baron Cohen is the most radical and daring comedian in the world.
Borat travels to America again. This time it is less convenient.
Poor Borat. What has he had to suffer all these years! Everything has been taken from him since he made his movie. He lost his wife, his home, his children. And your freedom. The most famous reporter from the “glorious nation of Kazakhstan” has to pay a lot for the fact that he threw his homework out the window without further ado, and wanted only one thing: Pamela Anderson’s breast. Because now the borate is in the gulag and it’s hitting rocks.
But don’t worry, a man like him (Cohens) Kazakhstan can always need. Especially when it comes to a delicate operation. The Kazakh prime minister is full of envy: the American president has befriended all kinds of potentates. So he crossed the internal border of Korea with Kim Jong-Un, shook hands with Vladimir Putin and supported the Saudi crown prince. Prime Minister Nazarbayev does not want to back down; He also wants to be part of the illustrious circle of “strong men” that Trump likes.
The biggest monkey in Kazakhstan
But how do you get in there? Borat should fix it. He should go back to America, to Trump, and bribe him, with the most valuable gift the country can imagine: the most famous Kazakhs. His name is Johnny, he dresses like Humphrey Bogart, smokes a cigarette, is of course an actor and belongs to the chimpanzee species.
Thumbs up, ruthless humor: Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat.
Yes, monkey for Trump, that’s Borat’s mission. Or as the title of the film says: «Borat Subsequent Movie. Delivery of prodigious bribes to the American regime to benefit the once glorious nation of Kazakhstan. – It’s stupid that Borat defecated next to Trump Tower in the first movie. How is it supposed to be done with the government? In general, it is known as a sore thumb in the United States. Autographs are requested everywhere.
The answer is simple: Borat has to dress up. Sacha Baron Cohen slides into Borat’s skin, who in turn dons jeans and a beard. That almost makes it a local. And lo and behold: they no longer recognize it. And fall in love with him again. As always, Baron Cohen persuades the mindless people and the little secret grudge. That hasn’t changed, only the content of the madness has changed.
Much worse
Fourteen years ago, college students wanted to regain slavery. Today, unwitting protagonists deliver even stronger things. Borat in disguise is told that Hillary Clinton drinks children’s blood. Oh, what do you wish for the loyal Mr. Bush? How harmlessly predictable his missteps were. When Borat roams America today, worse things come up.
People are no longer surprised when they buy a cage for their daughter. The shopping man, unwashed and with dirty clothes and unkempt hair, obviously unkempt. Nobody cares as long as the payday is correct; and that’s $ 20,000 for plastic surgery on a 15-year-old. To later seduce US Vice President Mike Pence. Ingenious: Borat disguises himself as Trump, his height looks almost deceptively real, tosses his daughter over his shoulder, and marches toward the election date.
The Kazakhs did the math without their daughter Tutar (Maria Bakalova). She is the focus of the new film, her story is told, and this is where America can save itself, or at least its reputation. On the streets of America, the daughter sees that women can also drive cars. In the bathrooms, he discovers that the genitals have no teeth. And television programs in which women journalists can also occupy prime-time spots.
For Tutar this is liberating, for Rudy Giuliani it is uncomfortable. The scene with him in a hotel room is really ugly; filmmakers will not have leaked it without calculation shortly before kickoff on the Amazon Prime Video streaming portal. It’s unclear whether the former New York mayor should be charged with much. However, one thing is for sure: After all, Borat reached out to the Trump administration.
The bravest comedian
Anyone who thinks this is the great thrill of the film is wrong. There’s still a grand finale, a surprising twist that has it all. Sacha Baron Cohen once again demonstrates her comic genius and bravery unmatched anywhere in the world. The Englishman risks his own skin for his stripes on the road. And probably his reputation too.
For many, their humor can be tacky. Actually, little can be said against this. Baron Cohen tends to aim below the belt far too often, his jokes too outright against any kind of political correctness for the film to be recommended to everyone. But Borat’s comedy returns to the present with a precise kick in the soft tissues. And maybe it hurts even more than the first movie.
Back then, Baron Cohen’s abuses (of people who didn’t know Ali G) were new and oozed with sarcasm. Today the world is probably more jaded, more cynical. The counterfactual, the conspiracy theories, surprise us less. However, they are rarely as straightforward as here. Either way, the borate is brilliant, next door.
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (UK, US, 2020), 96 minutes. Director: Jason Woliner. Like a broadcast on Prime Video.
