Super Troopers
Short description
Five state troopers patrol a quiet stretch of Vermont near the Canadian border, passing their shifts with pranks, card games and petty harassment of motorists. When budget cuts threaten to shut down their barracks, the group — Thorny, Farva, Mac, Foster and Rabbit — faces the loss of their jobs unless they can justify their existence to their superiors. A drug operation they stumble across offers a chance to prove themselves, though a rival police department has its own interest in the case.
The film is the feature debut of director Jay Chandrasekhar, who also co-wrote it with Steve Lemme and Kevin Heffernan and plays Thorny. The five leads are members of the comedy troupe Broken Lizard, and Brian Cox appears as Captain O'Hagen. Chandrasekhar went on to direct Club Dread, The Dukes of Hazzard, Beerfest, The Babymakers, Super Troopers 2 and Easter Sunday, with Super Troopers 3 following in 2026. Richard Perello produced, and the credited cast numbers 40 with 160 crew members.
Made for about 3 million dollars, the film took roughly 23 million worldwide, a return that far outstripped its production cost. On TMDB it holds a rating of 6.6 out of 10 from 1,280 votes, while the film critics' rating stands at 5.2 out of 10 from 91 reviews, so audiences have rated it somewhat more favorably than critics did.
What's left behind the scenes
- The scene with the "bulletproof codpiece" was filmed near a prison, and prisoners out on their walk watched the filming.
- Rabbit (played by Eric Stolhanske), covered in shaving cream, was locked in a locker room. The cream contained menthol extract, which began to burn the actor's skin over time. After filming the scene, Stolhanske was sent to a nearby fire station, where he was sprayed with a fire hose to wash the cream off his body.
- In the cafe scene where the characters have a maple syrup drinking contest, several takes were first filmed using iced tea instead of syrup. However, it turned out that the tea did not look like syrup on screen. Consequently, several more takes were filmed using real maple syrup. These takes were used for the close-up shots of the characters.
- In the scene where the characters smoke while watching a cartoon, their eyes become noticeably red. To achieve this effect, cigarette smoke from menthols was blown into the actors' faces before filming.
- In the maple syrup drinking scene, open bottles (without caps) are shown on the table, but a few moments later, the bottles are shown as closed again.
- The soap that the character played by Brian Cox supposedly eats was actually made of white chocolate. Because the actor had diabetes, sugar-free white chocolate was found for him.
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