This is one of those lazily written films that never bothers to build convincing characters, relying instead on cartoonish shorthand and goofy performances, along with a simplistic script that, for the comic tone, gets surprisingly preachy at the end. There's also a rather mean undercurrent of gross-out humour that makes us wince (not laugh). Still, there's a breezy rhythm from start to finish, and the central foursome are quite good fun to watch--likeable and energetic. They almost make the film bearable as it gets increasingly stupid, trying far too hard to be funny and suspenseful ... and failing utterly on both counts. It's all so pointless that you get the idea Shoaibi and Tonderai came up with the script one night at university when they were utterly wasted, thought it was hilarious, and then used their sheer charm to get the money to make the film. Maybe you need to be wasted to enjoy it, but I doubt even that would help.

adult themes, language

4.Dec.01