Synopsis: Ex-spies brought out of retirement to stop an international incident. Two kids are kidnapped and the team must get them back.
After seeing the trailer for this film I was little curious, but after seeing the poster I wasn't that hopeful. The poster looks like it was designed by someone that does Workman's club posters, very bad. Boy was I right. I've a good mind to ask for a refund.
From the get-go the bad acting, continuity, directing, writing, editing, bad composition of shots, etc. shows. The only good thing really was the dreary Bondesque theme song which was sung beautifully by a very talented singer. Doubt this will help her career though. After the opening credits it goes down hill, and gets worse from there. Although there was a noticeable continuity error of someone sitting at a table on one side then the other when it cuts back at the start.
Where to start with the bad acting. There is none to little chemistry between the characters. It mainly starts to show with the scene where the female lead enters to find the nanny dead. Her reaction is not believable especially with the bad CGI blood effects. One of the most noticeable scenes with bad acting is when after 20 years the two lead characters meet up again after the female lead faked her death. The reaction is so wooden I've seen less wood in a fully stocked timber yard. It could have been done on purpose to distract the audience of the microphone popping into shot in the mirror, but doubt it. That is not the worst bit with cast, and crew popping up on screen. There are several times when you see camera crew in reflections of the likes of mirrors, and sunglasses. The worst bit is when 3 CIA agents turn up looking like men in black, and unbelievable. They are approached by two elderly ladies, and you can see the reflection of the camera crew in one of the agents sunglasses.
The worst bit of acting must come from the so-called CIA agents who are passed their sell-by date. The American accents are terrible especially from the youngest agent in the cafe scene saying "Will someone tell me what is going on." He has to be the worst actor I've ever seen. Absolutely terrible! Not even Tom Watt (from Eastenders fame) can save it. Although he has a decent performance, and shows everyone else up his character does not come across as the head of the British Secret Service. Wardrobe malfunction, or what. He should have had at least a suit and tie on. As for the fight scene at the end give me a break. People throwing punches, and missing, but their targets fall down. Is this some sort of empty force technique. Absolute joke. Another funny bit is in the office with the drawer that has an A4 sheet stuck to it with top secret on it, really! The continuity is terrible. Samples of this are when Mr Gaddesses character is one minute dressed in a suit, casual, back in a suit again within a short space of time... The worst one has to be when a couple of the kidnappers go out for a drink, and get arrested for drunk, and disorderly. They go in wearing one set of clothes, then leave the next day with a different set. Speaking of the kidnappers, totally unbelievable. They look like they've just come out of kindergarten school or diapers. The kids that were kidnapped could easily kick their butts.
The story is disjointed and badly written. It doesn't even explain why the lead female, Mr Gaddesses characters love interest faked her death among most things. The end was so abrupt it seemed rushed. The whole thing seemed like a spoof but there isn't enough comedy for that, and not enough of the serious stuff to be realistic. Total farce.
A couple of scenes and characters were pointless especially the scene with the female lead driving around in her car. No point to it. The scene in the toilet with Mr Gaddess and Tom Watt is totally unbelievable.
I've heard that Mr Gaddess is planning on a sequel and a trilogy. Please spare us unless you get someone, i.e. a director, in that knows what they are doing. Anyone with any sense would not fund it after this and if Mr Gaddess funded it, he would be wiser spending his money on going to film school, or a course of some sort. He is terrible actor, and I remember seeing him in Dead Frequence, which has similar acting in it.
The editing and the composition of shots are bad. There is no color grading, and it comes across as a home video style most of the time. The sound is the best part except the music, but even that has some minor errors.
Anyone that praises this must be either cast, crew, family or friends, because no one that has any sense would praise this. Don't believe the positive reviews on this. Why anyone would watch this again after the first time is beyond me. I've had more fun watching rain trickle down windows. It is really that bad. What a waste of 80 minutes. In the end, it all appears to be a group of friends that have got together, and made this film for a laugh. This might be Mr Gaddesses first film of his own, but I think the phrase biten off more than he can chew comes to mind.
This is definitely up there with the likes of Birdemic and The Room. The inexperience of the director, actors, etc. show up badly. Avoid at all costs. Utter rubbish!
After seeing the trailer for this film I was little curious, but after seeing the poster I wasn't that hopeful. The poster looks like it was designed by someone that does Workman's club posters, very bad. Boy was I right. I've a good mind to ask for a refund.
From the get-go the bad acting, continuity, directing, writing, editing, bad composition of shots, etc. shows. The only good thing really was the dreary Bondesque theme song which was sung beautifully by a very talented singer. Doubt this will help her career though. After the opening credits it goes down hill, and gets worse from there. Although there was a noticeable continuity error of someone sitting at a table on one side then the other when it cuts back at the start.
Where to start with the bad acting. There is none to little chemistry between the characters. It mainly starts to show with the scene where the female lead enters to find the nanny dead. Her reaction is not believable especially with the bad CGI blood effects. One of the most noticeable scenes with bad acting is when after 20 years the two lead characters meet up again after the female lead faked her death. The reaction is so wooden I've seen less wood in a fully stocked timber yard. It could have been done on purpose to distract the audience of the microphone popping into shot in the mirror, but doubt it. That is not the worst bit with cast, and crew popping up on screen. There are several times when you see camera crew in reflections of the likes of mirrors, and sunglasses. The worst bit is when 3 CIA agents turn up looking like men in black, and unbelievable. They are approached by two elderly ladies, and you can see the reflection of the camera crew in one of the agents sunglasses.
The worst bit of acting must come from the so-called CIA agents who are passed their sell-by date. The American accents are terrible especially from the youngest agent in the cafe scene saying "Will someone tell me what is going on." He has to be the worst actor I've ever seen. Absolutely terrible! Not even Tom Watt (from Eastenders fame) can save it. Although he has a decent performance, and shows everyone else up his character does not come across as the head of the British Secret Service. Wardrobe malfunction, or what. He should have had at least a suit and tie on. As for the fight scene at the end give me a break. People throwing punches, and missing, but their targets fall down. Is this some sort of empty force technique. Absolute joke. Another funny bit is in the office with the drawer that has an A4 sheet stuck to it with top secret on it, really! The continuity is terrible. Samples of this are when Mr Gaddesses character is one minute dressed in a suit, casual, back in a suit again within a short space of time... The worst one has to be when a couple of the kidnappers go out for a drink, and get arrested for drunk, and disorderly. They go in wearing one set of clothes, then leave the next day with a different set. Speaking of the kidnappers, totally unbelievable. They look like they've just come out of kindergarten school or diapers. The kids that were kidnapped could easily kick their butts.
The story is disjointed and badly written. It doesn't even explain why the lead female, Mr Gaddesses characters love interest faked her death among most things. The end was so abrupt it seemed rushed. The whole thing seemed like a spoof but there isn't enough comedy for that, and not enough of the serious stuff to be realistic. Total farce.
A couple of scenes and characters were pointless especially the scene with the female lead driving around in her car. No point to it. The scene in the toilet with Mr Gaddess and Tom Watt is totally unbelievable.
I've heard that Mr Gaddess is planning on a sequel and a trilogy. Please spare us unless you get someone, i.e. a director, in that knows what they are doing. Anyone with any sense would not fund it after this and if Mr Gaddess funded it, he would be wiser spending his money on going to film school, or a course of some sort. He is terrible actor, and I remember seeing him in Dead Frequence, which has similar acting in it.
The editing and the composition of shots are bad. There is no color grading, and it comes across as a home video style most of the time. The sound is the best part except the music, but even that has some minor errors.
Anyone that praises this must be either cast, crew, family or friends, because no one that has any sense would praise this. Don't believe the positive reviews on this. Why anyone would watch this again after the first time is beyond me. I've had more fun watching rain trickle down windows. It is really that bad. What a waste of 80 minutes. In the end, it all appears to be a group of friends that have got together, and made this film for a laugh. This might be Mr Gaddesses first film of his own, but I think the phrase biten off more than he can chew comes to mind.
This is definitely up there with the likes of Birdemic and The Room. The inexperience of the director, actors, etc. show up badly. Avoid at all costs. Utter rubbish!
