Product Details

• Actors: Kevin Smith, Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck, Jeff Anderson, Brian O'Halloran
• Directors: Kevin Smith
• Writers: Kevin Smith
• Producers: Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Jonathan Gordon, Laura Greenlee, Scott Mosier
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Dimension
• DVD Release Date: February 26, 2002
• Run Time: 104 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (481 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00003CY67
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,120 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (Dimension Collector's Series)" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

Packed with stars including Ben Affleck (GOOD WILL HUNTING), Chris Rock (NURSE BETTY), Shannon Elizabeth (AMERICAN PIE), Jason Lee (ALMOST FAMOUS), and more, this wildly irreverent comedy is actor/director Kevin Smith's hilarious finale to the adventures of Jay and Silent Bob that began in CLERKS and ran through MALLRATS, CHASING AMY, and DOGMA! When best buddies Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith) discover that a major motion picture is being based on their likenesses, they head for Hollywood to claim the big movie money they deserve. But when the dopey duo learn that they've been cut out of the cash, they set out to sabotage the flick at all costs! Featuring a host of celebrity cameos set to a hot hit soundtrack, Jay and Silent Bob's raucous cross country road trip is a crash course in the rules of the road with a nonstop assortment of outrageous characters that will have you laughing out loud!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

111 of 132 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun movie; here are the DVD details: January 15, 2002

By Michael Rucki

Format:DVD

This movie was a blast, but you know that already. Read on for the
details of this fully-loaded DVD edition:
- Feature Commentary Track
w/ Kevin Smith, Scott Mosier and Jason Mewes; - Deleted Scenes
with Intros by Kevin Smith and members of the View Askew family; -
Jay & Silent Bob's Secret Stash w/Intros; - Gag Reel w/Intro;
- Internet Trailers w/Intro; - TV Spots; - Still
Galleries; - Storyboards; - Behind The Scenes Featurette;
- "Morris Day and The Time - Learnin' the Moves"
Featurette;
- Afroman "Because I Got High" video; -
Stroke 9 "Kick Some Ass" video; - Comedy Central's Reel
Comedy special; - Cast and Crew Filmographies; - Guide to
Morris Day and The Time; - Some DVD-ROM goodies - Widescreen
(2.35:1) - Enhanced for 16:9 Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound -
Special DVD Mix French Language Track; Spanish Subtitles

25 of 29 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars LOL! September 9, 2002

By Kristy Marie

Format:DVD

a lot of cursing if your sensetive to that but the rest is so fuuny (especially the scooby doo part!) best line
Jay (rapping)- 30 bucks little man, put that sh** in my hand!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Could this be the end of the road for Jay and Silent Bob? July 24, 2002

By Amazon Customer HALL OF FAMEVINE VOICE

Format:VHS Tape

First and most importantly, you have to be very well prepared to watch "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" if you want to have any hope of enjoying it to its full potential (assume, for the sake of argument, that this is both possible and desirable). Not only do you need to watch all of writer-director Kevin Smith's earlier films (to wit, "Clerks," "Mallrats," "Chasing Amy" and "Dogma"), but you also need to have seen "American Pie," watched enough "Dawson's Creek" to know why Dawson should drown Pacey in the creek, and at least recognize every film Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have made in the past decade (know the title and a one line synopsis of what the film is about).
You need to do this for two reasons. First, it is the only way you can get all of the in-jokes in this film, which is heavily self-referential vis-a-vis the Smith oeuvre. In fact, you are better off using one hand to tick off the names of all the people from Smith's earlier films who are NOT in this movie (Stan "the Man" Lee immediately springs to mind). Second, you will need all this knowledge to be able to explain to the person next to you why Ben Affleck sometimes is playing himself, sometimes is playing somebody else (Holden McNeill from "Chasing Amy"), and sometimes is playing himself playing somebody else (Chuckie from "Good Will Hunting II: Hunting Season").
"Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" is another one of those films where two guys go off to Hollywood to stop tinsel town from ruining their good reputations with a film. Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith) have always played small but pivotal roles in Smith's films (e.g., the "Chasing Amy" speech in "Chasing Amy"), but this time they not only get to be ABOVE the title of the film, they get to be IN the title of the film. Now, I will readily admit that I have always been one of those who could take Jay and Silent Bob in small doses, which probably explains why my favorite bits in this film usually involve other characters. However, I will admit enjoying Jay's attempt to find a nonderogatory term for women.
I have the feeling that this film is the swan song for Jay and Silent Bob. I mean, now that they have achieved titular glory, how can they go back to being the two man Greek chorus of Smith's prolonged "New Jersey Trilogy." Besides, with the appearance of virtually everyone who every appeared in a View Askew production (always good to see Joey Lauren Adams whether she is playing Alyssa Jones or not), you get the feeling the entire film is setting up a "Revenge of the Jedi" curtain call. Maybe Kevin Smith is turning a giant corner and about to start a new chapter in his life. Hey, it could happen. But I really get the feeling we have seen the last of Banky, Brody and the rest of the boys. Besides, Silent Bob speaks TWICE in this one, surely one of the signs that the end of days is nigh.
Like most View Askew productions, "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" is rated R for nonstop crude and sexual humor, pervasive strong language, and drug content (Actually, I did not know that the MPAA could use a word like "nonstop" in its description of a film, but certainly the term applies to everything on their little list here). So just remember to go back over Smith's earlier films before you screen this one and save yourself a lot of headaches and avoid watching it with anyone who is going to demand you justify your enjoyment every other expletive out of Jay's mouth. Read more ›

26 of 32 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Girls with lotzof heart October 3, 2002

By jn-laughingbob

Format:DVD

Who'd have anticipated it? I grew up never needing to be told "just say no to drugs". I always focused on serious subjects when contemplating what movies I'd make given a chance. And now I find myself in a world where the most innocent cinematic diversion are often silly farces about potheads. The riotous hoot "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" is a prime example. I wasn't sure about it all the way through. Ali Larter was recently one of my favorite actresses. At least she doesn't take such a disastrous fall herein as Kirsten Dunst did in "The Virgin Suicides". Refreshingly, Ali's character Chrissie admits to being a "bad girl cliche". She gave me pause by repreating a frequent movie assertion (hopefully strictly an urban legend) about what girls don't do. But she gives a new twist, belying the claim at a point where she nearly dooms herself and co-consrirators thereby. Hence one could make a rhyme about her role: "Ali Larter plays the ......" All in all, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" is one of the most surprising bits of comic relief I've seen lately.

22 of 28 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars So stupid its genius March 20, 2002

By N. Durham HALL OF FAMEVINE VOICE

Format:DVD

The fifth and final entry in Kevin Smith's New Jersey "trilogy", Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back finds the pot smoking duo (Jason Mewes and Smith respectively)on a cross country trip to Hollywood to stop a movie about their likenesses Bluntman & Chronic from being made. On their way they encounter a group of sexy jewel thieves (Shannon Elizabeth, Eliza Dushku, Ali Larter, and Smith's real life wife whose name I forget), while outrunning dimwitted wildlife conservationist Will Ferrell. The dialogue is far beyond vulgar, and its downright hilarious, and its a fitting send off of Smith's series. Disc 2 is loaded with special features, and they are great (especially the deleted scenes). Kevin Smith film regulars Ben Affleck and Jason Lee also star, as do Clerks stars Jeff Anderson and Brian 'O Halloran, and an ensemble cast of cameo appearences by Jason Biggs, James Van der Beek, Mark Hamil, Carrie Fisher, Matt Damon, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven, Shannon Doherty, Chris Rock, Tracey Morgan, George Carlin, Seann William Scott, and Judd Nelson. Strongly recommended to anyone with a crude sense of humor.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars It Really Has Grown On Me April 10, 2002

By K. Palmer

Format:DVD

I am a Kevin Smith fan and have enjoyed the first four movies in the Jay and Silent Bob series. I am also a frequent surfer of his ViewAskew website and read for months prior to its release about the fun that everybody had in making "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" and that this was going to be the best in the bunch.
When the movie came out, I was one of the first in line to see it. I have to admit that I was extremely disappointed and came out with the opinion that Jay and Silent Bob were best suited as support players and not lead characters. I just felt that Jay was at his best when he chimed in here and there with a foul-mouthed smart-aleck comment instead of having to sustain it for 100 minutes.
But I am a completest and since I have all of the other Kevin Smith movies on DVD, I had to make this purchase for no other reason to get the outtakes and to hear the director's commentary track. Unlike most other commentary tracks where the director treats his movie like it is "Citizen Kane", ViewAskew commentaries are hilarious as the participants rag on each other, criticize Hollywood executives and some of the actors and aren't afraid to admit that a particular scene stunk.
After a couple of different relooks at the movie, I have to say I like it and would rank it as the second best of the five (I unabashedly state that "Mallrats" is my favorite - although I'm probably the only one in the world who would say that). It is a well shot movie, with great music and great performances by Shannon Elizabeth (she actually can act), Judd Nelson, Will Ferrell and most of all by Jason Mewes as Jay. Cameos by Jason Lee, Ben Affleck, George Carlin (he's not washed up after all), Mark Hamill, Matt Damon and Deidrich Bader (from Drew Carey's show) were all enjoyable.
My only criticism is that Chris Rock's cameo as an angry African-American movie director came off to me as extremely hateful and is a real turnoff. I don't know the point that Kevin Smith was trying to make with that character, but he failed miserably, both at the theater and on DVD.
This was a nice wrapup to the Jay and Silent Bob story. I look forward to seeing what Kevin Smith can do with other characters in future projects. Read more ›