Disappointing

Rating: 3/10 (21 February 2007)

I wanted to like this movie having enjoyed "Sean of the Dead" but I was very much disappointed. The movie was incredibly loud and quite bad. The plot is explained elsewhere on this site and, in fairness, is woven quite well. But the noisy soundtrack and an excess of overacting, result in a thoroughly negative experience. Most of the best jokes are already spent in the trailers. There are a couple of moments that are surprising and, in one instance towards the end of the film, grossly funny, but the film is a huge waste of time and money; I can say that, having spent £13 in a Leicester Square cinema, where the experience should have been one of elation, I wasted my money. I could see where they wanted to go with this: a spoof on the Hollywood slam-bang cop/ buddy film, with a Brirish slant and location. To see the likes of Timothy Dalton, Edward Woodward and others reduced to this level was laughable, but not funny. A neat idea wasted.