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Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017)
Morgan
Spurlock reignites his battle with the food industry - this time
from behind the register.
Director: Morgan Spurlock, rated PG-13
  Starring:
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.
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Dad's Preview:
As I watched Morgan Spurock's second fast food
documentary,
I was most terrified by the process where white Leghorn
chickens are "fattened up". These helpless birds were fed growth
hormones that cause their breasts
to become so large that their hips dislocate under the
weight... so they can no longer walk. The good news? - they still taste great!
This film also exposes the pressures put on
local 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
goddamn unholy. |
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Warrior Poets,
Snoot Ent., Public
Domain;
Samuel Goldwyn Films
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