hat do British heroes James Bond and Sherlock Holmes have in common? Te answer is quite a lot, actually. Both started as literary characters
with a hefty back catalogue of adventures, both have a certain British demeanour and both have a wide reaching cinematic popularity.
Unfortunately, it appears that fans of either will be in for a bit of a wait. So whose stiff upper lip can we get to fill the void? Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce Lord Charles Mortdecai. Based on a series of novels written by Kyril Bonfiglioli and starring Johnny Depp, Mortdecai is a moustachioed English aristocrat and art dealer who, at the behest of the police, sets out to hunt down a stolen Goya painting whilst hilarity ensues. Sounds good, right? Wrong.
Tis film looks piss dreadful. Part Pink Panther, part Dapper Laughs, Depps’ bumbling, sexually aggressive aristo-twat makes Sid James look like a spokesperson for gender equality. Te whole ‘anachronistic hero’ shtick has been done much better by Austin Powers.
Unfortunately, this movie attempts it without the self-aware charm. Full of outdated slapstick bullshit, this film couldn’t be more Carry-On if Bernard Bresslaw walked on in a fucking dress - his faithful man- servant (Paul Bettany) is called ‘Jock Strapp’. For fuck’s sake.
Tis is nostalgia for a comedy style that’s better off dead. Te books may have been a hit back in ‘the day’, but so was burning witches and we soon fucked that off. Honestly, if this movie was a horse, I’d shoot it, run around its graveside, chase some scantily clad ladies, stop to slap the bald vicar on the head, then re-load the gun and shoot it again. Sorry Johnny, but we don’t need another hero. At least not this one anyway. Smiley
To win yourself 4 Odeon Norwich cinema tickets to use at your leisure, just tell us which type of facial hair arrangement Johnny Depp sports in Mortdecai…
A. A moustache B. A beard C. A Scouse brow
Answers (including your phone number and postal address) to
lizz@outlineonline.co.uk by 20th January, subject DEPP.
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