Following hot on the heels of writer/director/producer Derek Savage's most personal project, "Gun Self-Defense for Women," a powerful ode to romanticizing firearms and the NRA culture, Savage unexpectedly turns everything on its head in a series of shocking twists.
Beginning at a backyard birthday party for Cool Cat where all his school classmates are invited, Daddy Derek first strikes up a conversation with the father of Butch the Bully. Butch's father recently got his 10-year-old son his own personal gun, and Daddy Derek is happy to hear about this, as it warmly reminds him of the age when Derek got his first gun from his own parents and firmly believes that every 10-year-old should possess a gun. Later on during the party, as Cool Cat is unwrapping his presents, Daddy Derek gifts to his anthropomorphic feline son his own semi-automatic rifle, which Cool Cat finds very "cool."
After the party is over, Daddy Derek tells Cool Cat that it is better if all people carry their own guns for protection in this "crazy world," as police and law enforcement are totally unreliable and can't be depended to stop the "bad guys" for oneself.
However, everything spins out of control the very next day at school, as Butch the Bully brought his gun to school, and being a bully he decides to kill his math teacher. Her head explodes like a melon at a Gallagher stage show. Butch the Bully subsequently blows away Erik Estrada, Vivica A. Fox, Cool Cat's best friend Maria, and everyone else in the math class while laughing maniacally and exclaiming how he loves to be a bully.
Cool Cat, remembering what Daddy Derek told him, produces his semi-automatic rifle from his backpack and tries to confront Butch the Bully, but without any proper training and without ever facing a crisis scenario like this before, he accidentally mows down multiple innocent children running through the school hallways when he thinks he's spotted the shooter. Police arriving on the scene subsequently gun down and kill Cool Cat when they immediately see him as an aggressor.
Finally, in the most powerful scene of all, Daddy Derek arrives at the school (after hearing about reports of a shooting on the news) and tries to do exactly what Cool Cat attempted. Daddy Derek also accidentally kills the wrong kid that he initially mistakes for the shooter before Butch the Bully appears behind him and shoots Daddy Derek in the knees. Dropped to all fours and reduced to tears, Daddy Derek's gets laughed at by Butch the Bully as he then has his way with humiliating Daddy Derek by forcibly shoving his own handgun up Daddy Derek's rectum. The last words Daddy Derek hears before Butch pulls his trigger and kills him are, "Oh yeah, the police killed Cool Cat, too."
Then, in one final twist, Butch the Bully plants his own gun on Daddy Derek, and the police end up blaming both Cool Cat and Daddy Derek for the entire incident. As they were the only ones that police and authorities saw shooting people, and as they can't speak in their own defense when dead, everyone considers the case closed, and Butch the Bully gets away scot free and easily becomes one of the greatest criminal masterminds in cinema history.
The moral that I learned here is that everything Derek Savage said in his earlier documentary "Gun Self-Defense for Women" is utter garbage, as his and Cool Cat's handling of firearms only made a bigger mess of things and made them out to look like villains. Being a gun-toting NRA nutbag with delusional dreams of becoming a national hero by trying to "stop" a school-shooting and confront the shooter is only a recipe for disaster.
This may not have been what I was ever expecting to see from a cracked mind like Derek Savage's, but this is easily his finest work to date. The only reason I don't give this a perfect 10 is for the needlessly explicit nudity and vulgar depiction of the orifice invasion detailed in Daddy Derek's death scene.
Beginning at a backyard birthday party for Cool Cat where all his school classmates are invited, Daddy Derek first strikes up a conversation with the father of Butch the Bully. Butch's father recently got his 10-year-old son his own personal gun, and Daddy Derek is happy to hear about this, as it warmly reminds him of the age when Derek got his first gun from his own parents and firmly believes that every 10-year-old should possess a gun. Later on during the party, as Cool Cat is unwrapping his presents, Daddy Derek gifts to his anthropomorphic feline son his own semi-automatic rifle, which Cool Cat finds very "cool."
After the party is over, Daddy Derek tells Cool Cat that it is better if all people carry their own guns for protection in this "crazy world," as police and law enforcement are totally unreliable and can't be depended to stop the "bad guys" for oneself.
However, everything spins out of control the very next day at school, as Butch the Bully brought his gun to school, and being a bully he decides to kill his math teacher. Her head explodes like a melon at a Gallagher stage show. Butch the Bully subsequently blows away Erik Estrada, Vivica A. Fox, Cool Cat's best friend Maria, and everyone else in the math class while laughing maniacally and exclaiming how he loves to be a bully.
Cool Cat, remembering what Daddy Derek told him, produces his semi-automatic rifle from his backpack and tries to confront Butch the Bully, but without any proper training and without ever facing a crisis scenario like this before, he accidentally mows down multiple innocent children running through the school hallways when he thinks he's spotted the shooter. Police arriving on the scene subsequently gun down and kill Cool Cat when they immediately see him as an aggressor.
Finally, in the most powerful scene of all, Daddy Derek arrives at the school (after hearing about reports of a shooting on the news) and tries to do exactly what Cool Cat attempted. Daddy Derek also accidentally kills the wrong kid that he initially mistakes for the shooter before Butch the Bully appears behind him and shoots Daddy Derek in the knees. Dropped to all fours and reduced to tears, Daddy Derek's gets laughed at by Butch the Bully as he then has his way with humiliating Daddy Derek by forcibly shoving his own handgun up Daddy Derek's rectum. The last words Daddy Derek hears before Butch pulls his trigger and kills him are, "Oh yeah, the police killed Cool Cat, too."
Then, in one final twist, Butch the Bully plants his own gun on Daddy Derek, and the police end up blaming both Cool Cat and Daddy Derek for the entire incident. As they were the only ones that police and authorities saw shooting people, and as they can't speak in their own defense when dead, everyone considers the case closed, and Butch the Bully gets away scot free and easily becomes one of the greatest criminal masterminds in cinema history.
The moral that I learned here is that everything Derek Savage said in his earlier documentary "Gun Self-Defense for Women" is utter garbage, as his and Cool Cat's handling of firearms only made a bigger mess of things and made them out to look like villains. Being a gun-toting NRA nutbag with delusional dreams of becoming a national hero by trying to "stop" a school-shooting and confront the shooter is only a recipe for disaster.
This may not have been what I was ever expecting to see from a cracked mind like Derek Savage's, but this is easily his finest work to date. The only reason I don't give this a perfect 10 is for the needlessly explicit nudity and vulgar depiction of the orifice invasion detailed in Daddy Derek's death scene.
