The exclamation point punctuating Kevin Smith's New Jersey trilogy of "Clerks," "Mallrats, and "Chasing Amy," "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" finds the director sending up filmmaking, the internet, and his own movies while paying tribute to his previous characters and maturing into an assured creative force. Road movie, raunch-com, and smart satire combine into a comedy that is built to satisfy Smith aficionados while entertaining in its own right.
"Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" finds Jason Mewes' Jay and Smith's Silent Bob heading to Hollywood to stop production on a film based on fictional characters whose origins may be the View Askew secondary characters themselves. Rife with references to Smith's first films, the plot follows the two characters…