The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
| 03 June 2005 (USA)
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The fictional world of Royston Vasey is facing apocalypse and the only way to avert disaster is for our nightmarish cast of characters to find a way into the real world and confront their creators. From present day Soho to the fictional film world of 17th Century Britain, the residents must overcome countless bizarre obstacles in their bid to return Royston Vasey to safety.

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hazel-752-685975

It's like Inception - only plottier (and better in my opinion)! It's a plot inside a plot inside a plot inside possibly a dream (?)! Everybody gets a happy ending (apart from Hilary) - I particularly like Herr's, Geoff is the hero and we get to see all the main characters in what I like to think of as James Bond outfits! It even stars one of the writers! The whole idea reminds me so much of that squid from Red Dwarf (for those who have never heard of such a thing, that's a good comment). I personally don't think it could get better than this, what a perfect way to round off Royston Vasey.I've only watched the first series or so and random episodes from other series' of the League of Gentlemen due to my dad really loving it. I found it odd but generally liked it. Apparently I'm too young to get the majority of their humour so when I heard of this film I had my doubts. However these were quickly quelled when I discovered the main characters, I mean Herr Lipp (however you spell it) and Hilary aren't exactly my favourite characters, but Geoff? They really did something right there! And I grew to love the others just as much in the process, I couldn't help but sympathise with sweet Herr Lipp and I'm not sure why I ended up liking Hilary - maybe just his determination and evilness? My point is I liked the main characters.As for the others I loved the baddie, and the way Geoff wrote himself into his story. Dr Pea was just so evil. I also loved the brief Simon Pegg scene as it was brilliantly funny and disgusting.You can't help but love the ending too but I'll try not to give too much away. Generally it was completely superly awesomely brilliant! Sorry if this review is a bit rushed or contains too many superlatives but I've had quite a bit of popcorn watched a fantastic film and am mildly hyper. If you don't like this review, blame the popcorn.

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p-robson2

league of gentleman has been the most disturbing British sitcom to be on t.v and how can a funny movie be so bad rated,they just have no taste this film will make you want to watch over and over again and still find it funny.it is surprising that it has done bad but it is British the cinema do crap most of the time but this time it (in my words) a boost with comedy with a giraffe spunks over Lady's, this is a top British comedy and better than dodge-ball, so by this and it won't prove you wrong as i don't really laugh through films but this film was amazing through comedy with the best characters but i was a bit disappointed of how much Edward and Tabb's were in there for back to typing buy this film and it won't disappoint you.

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tomdillon100

It became apparent in the first 25 mins of watching this that the writers really wanted to make a feature length film and they probably certainly enjoyed the whole process, but then seemed to forget the fact that it needed a decent plot! If the best they could do was have 3 of the dullest characters enter the real world and have 'all sorts of amusing capers' then they should have left well alone! I didn't laugh once, and that whole "Adventures of Baron Munchausen/Time Bandits" thing going on in the middle was very, very poor! Convaluted, contrived and very loose. It just seemed like a whistle stop tour of anything they thought 'might' work just to drag it out to a feature.Full of holes eg - the Royston Vasey characters needed the writers to carry on writing in order to save them, yet Jeff managed to write himself into the sub-story/time-filling William and Mary and era. If he could do this then why didn't they just carry on writing Royston themselves - duh?? And Herr Lipp's audition? What was that for? I mean what was the point? He did it, and we heard nothing else whatsoever about it? My main point is, that while I loved the series, this was an ill thought out, seemingly rushed project. Put it this way, the plot was so poor that if we didn't already know the characters (and as a fan I had a certain loyalty to carry on watching), and we relied solely on the the story itself, this would have fallen flat on its face! At best it would have gone straight to video, and at worst would never have been made in the first place! Or maybe that should be the other way round?? Truly dreadful....

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faye-22

I can not believe that anyone let this get to the cinema. The jokes(those that there are) are dull and without any kind of wit. Its not scary, its not sickening, and it is not even interesting. A waste of time and just goes to show the joke has worn very thin indeed. Many people say a film has not plot but really this one doesn't. The first ten minutes make no sense and bare no relation to the rest of the film, and after the first hour of the film which leaps from one idea to the next, you hit the final part of the film. The ending will there is no ending as such. The final 25 minutes would be interesting in its bizarreness if there was any kind of wit or imagination involved. It copies various other films but it ensure that the view is in on the joke it leads you by the hand and points everything out for you. Dull and boring. Avoid like the plague.

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