But for those readers that haven't seen the film, here is a brief summary. Farley plays his standard screw-up character. This time, he is Mike, is the younger brother of Al Donnelly (Tim Matheson), a politician in an election year. When Mike screws up one time too many, Al and his advisers decide they need the younger Donnelly to go away until the election is over. That's where Steve (David Spade) comes in. He is tasked by Al to keep an eye on Mike and take him to the remote wilderness where he can do as little damage as possible.
The two strike off to the Washington rural area where they start canvasing the small county, and in standard Farley-Spade styled antics, they end up having to deal with everything from boulders that destroy their cabin to a crazy war vet played by Gary Busey. At one point, Mike and Steve trek to MTV's Rock the Vote where Al is supposed to speak, but a case of mistaken identity puts Mike on stage instead of his brother. And while he gets the crowd going, his proclamation of "Kill whitey!" causes Al's polls to drop once again.
Like I said above, Black Sheep is standard Farley-Spade stuff. It really feels like this movie is a repackaging of Tommy Boy, or maybe the result of the jokes that didn't make it into Tommy Boy. Either way, while I like most of Farley's stuff, I never considered Black Sheep to be one of his best films, and the lack of special features on the Blu-ray means that you are just better off sticking with your DVD copy or simply renting it. While the movie may look and sound better in high definition, there isn't really a need for it.
