Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017), Director: Morgan Spurlock, rated PG-13

Morgan Spurlock reignites his battle with the food industry - this time from behind the register.

Film ClipStarring: Morgan Spurlock, Richard Kirshenbaum, Danny Meyer, Bobby Flay, Harry Balzer, Denis Lee Yohn, Darby Hughes, Christine Keller, Kimberly Egain, Bud Wood

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ - good

"The only way to solve an unsolvable problem is to become a part of that problem." - Morgan Spurlock

Why watch this? This documentary exposes the $50 billion dollar chicken business.

Plot Summary: In 2004 Morgan Spurlock filmed an award-winning documentary critical of the fast food industry called Super Size Me. This follow-up takes a similar aim, but it's approach is very different. This time, he plans to open his own fast food joint, serving a flavorful chicken sandwich. To accomplish this, he takes us on the whole journey - literally. He rents space on a chicken farm, buys the chicks, and follows the industry playbook on how its done to meet America's voracious white-meat addiction.

Dad's Preview: I was most terrified by how the white Leghorns were fed and fattened up, a process wherein they are fed hormones that grow their breasts so large that their hips dislocate... and they can not longer walk... but they still taste great! It also exposes the pressures put on regular poultry farmers by the Big Chicken Five monopoly. It is literally impossible for a sole poultry farmer to compete. The whole nasty agriculture business is the same for pork and beef, too. It's just criminal.           


Warrior Poets, Snoot Ent., Public Domain; Samuel Goldwyn Films

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