Like an amazing red velvet cupcake properly creating a picture of The FP should be done in a few steps, each one building on the previous one by adding new and delicious ingredients. First take a Rocky underdog story, a more gangsterlicious proprietary language than Nadsat, and a Never Back Down type love story, sift together. Next, slowly stir in some Mr. Miagi type training until an amazing training montage takes place. Thirdly, add a drop of Mr. T and the cupcake batter is complete. Bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes on comedy. The frosting will make or break a cupcake, for this one simply frost with a Dance-Dance Revolution type game. I guarantee you that unlike the Valentines Day red velvet cupcakes I made you will not underappreciate this movie. (Side note: Ohh you got burned)
The FP, which stands for Frazier Park, is an amazing place in the future where head to head Beat-Beat Revelation matches decide gang wars. Beat-Beat Revelation, for those that can’t make the connection, is the way Dance-Dance Revolution should have been made. If Beat-Beat Revelation existed today I wouldn’t even know what Call of Duty or Halo was. Fuck legendary mode, I’m all about Omega Gangsta mode.
Anyway, JTRO (Jason Trost) and BTRO (Brandon Barrera) represent one of two gangs fighting for control over Frazier Park. L Dubba E (Lee Valmassy) and Sugga Nigga (Bryan Goddard) represent the other. After the tragic death of BTRO during a Beat-Beat Revelation match, L Dubba E’s gang takes control over the FP. Completely distraught, JTRO leaves the FP and becomes a lumberjack. The FP falls into turmoil due to L Dubba E’s strangle hold on the alcohol supply, aka he took over the liquor store his father owned. With the help of KCDC (Art Hsu) and BLT (Nick Principe) JTRO relinquishes his chainsaw to come back to the FP to set things right.
Not that I’m much of a movie spoiler to start but for this one I absolutely refuse to give any specifics beyond what I gave above. That’s because you need to see this movie, plus after the small amount of detail I’ve given you what else do 
you need? Its one of the best comedies I’ve seen in a long time, and its definitely flying well under everyone’s radars. I’ve seen a lot of ridiculous training montages based on Rocky’s but this one definitely takes the cake. I can’t really think of a better parody of the dystopian future genre than this. Idiocracy take note on how it’s done right.
The Trost family in its entirety seems to have lots of film oriented talent. Brandon has been a cinematographer for movies such as Crank: High Voltage, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and Halloween II. This translates well in The FP because the action scenes look superb. Jason, who starred in the movie, wrote and co-directed it with his brother Brandon has had acting experience in various short films. Sarah Trost was the costume designer for this movie and I’m not one to really notice those sort of things, but a certain piece of footwear demands you pay attention to it. To top it all off, their father, Ron, was an executive producer. His previous work seems to consist mostly of stunt coordinating films such as Halloween II, Employee of the Month, Special Ops: Delta Force and many others you’ve heard of. All I can say is that I look forward to seeing more original films from this family.
Before I end my review I want to leave you with something to think about until you see this movie, what the fuck’s a park without ducks?
Rating: Instant cult classic in the making, be the cool kid and see it first (9/10)
The FP hits theaters this Friday. For ticketing information click here or to demand it at at theater near you visit here.
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