Peter Farrelly’s follow-up to Green Book is another mainstream comedy drama about a quote unquote old-fashioned guy. Patriotic New Yorker, John ‘Chickie’ Donohue (Zac Efron), travels to war-torn Vietnam and braves gunfire, jungle beasties and sinister CIA operatives, all because he wants to hand American beers to the boys from his neighbourhood. Sure, it’s a long way to go, but that’s what makes it so hilarious, right?
Ironically, the real-life mission that inspired The Greatest Beer Run Ever is way funnier than anything in the movie. In 1967, merchant sailor John Donohue lugged a suitcase of brewskis onto a boat bound for Qui Nhon. Two months later he reached his destination. By which point, he’d drunk all the beer.
