The movie begins with an analysis of attitudes to work in the UK, with the culture of the slacker well observed and contrasted by a scary rendition of what would happen if the British were actually committed to putting their all into their career represented by the obsessive policeman (played by Ian Fuzz) arresting all and sundry merely for law-breaking, and getting on the nerves of his colleagues. I wonder how deserted all our pubs (and streets) would be if some fool arrested all the under-age drinkers, drunk drivers, tax dodgers, drunk and disorderlies, speeders, drug takers, anti-socials. And people think the prisons are full now!
Once our obsessive joins up with a particularly useless partner (played by Nigel Hott) in a remote village, the film begins to move on to its main focus which is a merciless send-up of Hollywood action films. The lead character runs around like only a Hollywood action hero can, eyes focussed always dead ahead, arms pumping faster and more exaggeratedly than an olympic sprinter on steroids, and gradually the rest of the film catches up to his pace, starting with the amusingly horrific deaths of the victims. The conclusion is a delightful montage of set-piece shoot-out Hollywood standards, featuring unlikely OAP baddies, huge explosions and an inexhaustible supply of ammunition.
Left me laughing out loud. Recommended for anyone who can't take seriously the normal cliched Hollywood tripe.
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