Happy Monday Goons! Our next TromApril film this month is Ade’s pick, Tromeo & Juliet.  Loosely based on the William Shakespeare source material, Romeo & Juliet, and still follows star-crossed lovers from feuding families. This particular script was penned by none other than James Gunn, who you know from his brilliance of Marvel films like Guardians of the Galaxy, DC films like The Suicide Squad, and horror and family flicks like Slither & Scooby Doo, respectively.

The film stars Will Keenan as Tromeo and not-Pam-from-The-Office, Jane Jenson as Juliet. Other faces you may recognize are Debbie Rachon as a variation of the nursemaid and Tiffany Shepis, as well as James’ brother Sean Gunn as Sammy Capulet, aka Kirk of Gilmore Girls and a plethora of other characters in Gunn’s films. Also, we do have cameos from Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister as the narrator and Lloyd Kaufman throws himself in, as well.

Obviously this is a stark contrast to Will Shakespeare’s source material, but it also encapsulates the 90s in all its seedy, grungy glory. Find out what Ade loved about this and what Jake and Mikey did not.

Be sure to check out the entire episode through the end to hear what our buds, Micah and Greg of Damn! That's Scary, had to say about the film. Yes, they’ve teamed up with us once again to give their own two-cents on Troma!

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