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Whoops Apocalypse
1986
Mix all these stars with political intrigue, Royal kidnaps, hostile invasions, nuclear bombs, British Task Forces, mad international terrorists and the SAS... and you get total mayhem. Based on the popular TV series. Read more
| Starring | Loretta Swit, Peter Cook, Michael Richards, Rik Mayall |
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| Director | Tom Bussmann |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Whoops Apocalypse
Mix all these stars with political intrigue, Royal kidnaps, hostile invasions, nuclear bombs, British Task Forces, mad international terrorists and the SAS... and you get total mayhem. Based on the popular TV series.
| Starring | Loretta Swit, Peter Cook, Michael Richards, Rik Mayall, Ian Richardson, Alexei Sayle, Herbert Lom |
|---|---|
| Director | Tom Bussmann |
| Studio | CARLTON VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT LTD |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 27 mins Watch now: 1 hr 27 mins |
| Certificate | DVD: , Watch Online: |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 12 May 2003 Watch now: 03 Aug 2009 Production year: 1986 |
| Watch now | Subscribe and watch this as part of an unlimited package. |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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The four-year gap between the often hilarious TV original and this inconsistent feature seems to have sapped the inspiration from writers Andrew Marshall and David Renwick. The need to introduce a degree of narrative logic precludes much of the wackiness that made the series so biting and fresh. Even though it dissects sombre subjects like the Cold War and a Falklands-style invasion, the satire has mostly been toned down, with only the swipes at the Royals, Peter Cook's performance as a doltish prime minister and a wonderful clown funeral hitting the mark.
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Charting the course of international misunderstanding, writers Andrew Marshall and David Renwick - of the original TV... read more on Time Out
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Painfully Hilarious
I rented this in error, thinking it was one of Frankie Howerd's funny-perculiar little things. But no, it was hugely better. It was great fun - an utterly scathing attack on the Falklands War, Thatcher and the lunacies of that era. If only Peter Cook were still around to do the comparable job on the present mess.
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schlock
As a big fan of British comedy I thought Whoops is a rare bird of a film with many interesting facets to it.Satire ain`t always a joke and this film is deeply satirical in places.
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Whoops Apocalypse
Mix all these stars with political intrigue, Royal kidnaps, hostile invasions, nuclear bombs, British Task Forces, mad international terrorists and the SAS... and you get total mayhem. Based on the popular TV series....
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