Customer Reviews
Daftly brilliant - By: MM Turner, 21 Apr 2008 
This is a minor gem, a daftly brilliant British comedy which never aspires to be anything more than Brit-gangster meets Ealing comedy. In the classic Ealing tradition, it trades heavily on the uniquely British comedic possibilities of a series of deceptions which spiral out of control, with increasingly unsustainable impersonations.
For some reason, the British fascination with identity comedy doesn't travel well, & unlike Hugh-Grant floppy haired romanticism, or anarchic Pythonism, these kind of films never seem to get good write ups. Amazon's own review (and also the Radio Times one), in my view, reflect this more than they reflect the film itself.
Anyway, I've watched this film twice, & fully intend to watch it five or six times more. It's charming, energetic, fun, & just on this side of believable. If you enjoy this film, you might also consider watching 'The Steal' & 'Blame it on the Bellboy'.
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PS: It's also touching in the simplicity of its research: at the end of the film, a million pounds (with something left over) is enough to equip a new casualty unit including buying an MRI scanner -- & that in 2001. If only they knew how much stuff reallly cost.
Brilliant girlie send up.. - By: Big John, 14 Feb 2008 This is a brilliant girlie send up of Lock stock & two smoking barrels. It is a comedy. It is very funny & is also an action movie with a plot that just might, with a leap of imagination, get near to what the reality could be! The ineptitude of the villains makes them more real not less, & their menacing brutality alll the more fun. The girls run rings round them through a combination of luck, circumstance & quick thinking. If you want to be entertained, buy this movie.
JUST IN CASE - By: L. Wilson, 18 Aug 2007 Dud it certainly isn`t, very very funny, typical of Mel Smith. It does have a limited audience appeal ie. if you don`t have a sense of humour don`t watch, but, if like me you love to laugh get your hands on a copy now. I love the ending, it is in perfect harmony with the whole film.
a dud - By: , 24 Mar 2004 
The directing is amateurish, the film is utterly lacking in atmosphere, & the interview with Mel Smith, in which at one point he compares himself to Alfred Hitchcock, is embarrassing. Brownie points to the cast for putting on a brave face & doing their best.
Blew me away! Loved every moment! Not to be missed!! - By: , 19 Jul 2002 Ok I was kinda forced to watch this in the cinema by my female friend. I have to admit I bought the ticket thinking what have I let myself in for!
But hey I loved every moment. It made my laugh, cry & had plenty of suspense to keep the average viewer glued. It had big guns & shooting for the boys & lipstick glamour for the girls! it reallly is a laugh out loud comedy for alll.
The plot is solid & the characters are played perfectly by the talented actors. This movie reallly deserved to be a box office smash & has firmly become one of my favouraite movies.
I made my cousin buy me the DVD for my birthday & it was still as good as I remembered if not better! The features were good & informative, but the film alone would have been enough.
My advice is: just go & watch it! You will not regret it! Don't let his gem slip by you!
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