Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth
2008
The surreal adventures of a ray-gun hero battling his way through cardboard sets and spurious villains in his quest for the Mark of Voth. Square-chinned Captain Eager, arrives in his wobbly bakelite rocket, brought out of mothballs by the sprawling, hi-tech corporation Macro Space. His brief is to investigate a maverick 'client'.. Read more
| Starring | Tamsin Greig, Mark Heap, Rick Leaf, James Vaughan |
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| Director | Simon Davison |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth
The surreal adventures of a ray-gun hero battling his way through cardboard sets and spurious villains in his quest for the Mark of Voth. Square-chinned Captain Eager, arrives in his wobbly bakelite rocket, brought out of mothballs by the sprawling, hi-tech corporation Macro Space. His brief is to investigate a maverick 'client' - the villainous Colonel Regamun who has taken over the Veritan Sector using the 'Mark of Voth'. Aided by old pals Professor Moon, Scrutty and the lovelorn Jenny, Eager rockets into B Movie adventure unaware that it is all a set up. For Colonel Regamun is an enemy from the past craving revenge, and he is luring the brave yet clunky Captain to a final B Movie showdown.
| Starring | Tamsin Greig, Mark Heap, Rick Leaf, James Vaughan |
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| Director | Simon Davison |
| Studio | ICA Films |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 34 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 24 Nov 2008 Production year: 2008 |
| Format | DVD |
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Made as a salute to crummy 50s sci-fi B-pics and the square-chinned exploits of such raygun-toting heroes as Dan... read more on Time Out
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Oh dear lord...
Having seen the good quality of the British comedy actors appearing in this film I was convinved that it would be at least remotely amusing. Unfortunately, in its quest to spoof vintage B movies it ended up equally as poor, in many respects worse. I actually found myself fast forwarding through half of the film because it was really that tedious.
Bad special effects and bad acting are expected from B movie films. Unfortunately, the end result for this spoof of such films makes it look like something a student could have set up at home. Whilst drunk. With people they'd met off the street.
It's equally disappointing because I was hoping to see some great performances from the comedy talent available, such as Mark Heap, Richard Leaf and of course the great Tamsin Greig of Green Wing fame. Alas, although all three seem to be having fun, it just isn't fun to watch.
One to avoid, unless your incredibly drunk. -
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Yep, it's as bad as everyone says.
Rotten. Might have be considered an indulgent, artistic folly if the 'art' (and especially the truly awful graphic design) wasn't of such sub-YouTube amateur quality. May have turned into a masterpiece, didn't make it to the end. Total waste of Tamsin Greig and Mark Heap (albeit lazily doing his signature starey-weird 'Jam' bit).
Curiosity for such an abomination actually making it to the release stage drew me to the 'making of' which was kinda odd and much better than the actual film. -
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The surreal adventures of a ray-gun hero battling his way through cardboard sets and spurious villains in his quest for the Mark of Voth. Square-chinned Captain Eager, arrives in his wobbly bakelite ... -