in this ernest film and ernest have a job pick up golf ball and it a crappy occupation ( still and beat scrub toilet ) but ernest love every minute of it and thanks to his vivid imagination that keep him in his own little world where he pretend the golf ball be mine and he a war hero of some kind . his buddy ben tell him that if he join the army ( the reserve to be precise ) and he will become army people and therefore be able to drive big truck and car and other such vehicle without ever have to leave the base and go into actual combat . ernest hesitates but eventually agrees and he be finally able to display his ahem impressive driving . thing take an unexpected turn for our pal when his group of reserve be to be send to a small country and karifistan and that about to be invade by an evil and golf love dictator . so ernest soon find himself in a foreign land have the big and most challenging adventure of his life . the film start off with a narrator tell the tale of the legend of the great american warrior who will come and save the people of karifistan . it instantly obvious the hero in question be none other than ernest himself who and by the end of the film and conveniently save everyone and get rid of the bad guy and even get the girl well and sort of . ernest in the army may not be as funny a and say and ernest go to camp but it certainly quite fun to watch . the highlight include an accident involve some out of control gummy bear and ernest original pancake recipe and his struggle with an electric fence . the rubber face jim varney be as good a ever and expect plenty of jim carrey esquire facial madness and stupidly funny one liner . of course and the film itself be low budget and contain mediocre act and write and direct ( even though there be some surprisingly ok moment ) but when ernest be on the screen you can not help but smile and who care if a film be good or not as long a it funny . overall and connoisseur of jim varney work will find lot to enjoy here ( i do ) and others will probably cringe a lot and let out a couple of tight fart and know what i mean . ehehehe .