** possible minor spoilers **
Going in to see Tony Martin's Bad Eggs you would immediately start to draw comparisons Egg's star Mick Molloys own Crackerjack - which features much the same leading cast (inc. Molloy, Judith Lucy & Bill Hunter) and seemed to both hatch from the same Egg - literally - despite denials by both Martin & Molloy.
Regardless, this movie - like Crackerjack - is a good honest laugh without being the 'great' Aussie comedy movie that these guys have the potential to reproduce (particularly if they ever all teamed up creatively on the same project with the Working Dog half of the D-Gen as well - yes we can dream!).
Martin for the most part puts aside his incredible ability for sharp satire and observational humor & parody which I am a huge fan of and delivers quite the 'serious' comedy about a corrupt police dept exposed by two fairly inept cops (Molloy & Franklin who is very nicely suited to his role as Molloys sidekick).
The film delivers some of the best laughs when Martin pulls out the visual gags in the style we know and love - such as the hilarious AMW scene and the opening 'car chase' scene, at other times the hunor is a little flat but the saving grace is the storyline which - albeit a rather contrived imitation of many other cop/spy thrillers inc. MI for one - keeps the interest going through the more serious moments.
So much like Crackerjack this is a very enjoyable romp that should serve well on repeated viewings - and of course is a goldmine for long-time D-Gen & Melbourne comedy fans who'll love seeing more Mick & Jude action (but no pash this time!) and great fun spotting cameos from the likes of John Harrison (who swore he'd never do D-Gen related comedy *ever* again!), Gina Riley, Pete Smith, Gracie & Sancia from the radio show days.. and a hilarious but all-to-short appearance from the great man Martin himself - doing a wonderful WWTBAM ripoff ..
All up I would say this movie is funnier at it's funniest than CJ, but the latter is the more consistent movie throughout .. both are definately DVD goers after you've seen it at the cinema - when you consider the mass of goodies T.Martin is rumored to be putting together for the release, and much like CJ the commentary alone could be just as (if not more) entertaining than the movie !!
Going in to see Tony Martin's Bad Eggs you would immediately start to draw comparisons Egg's star Mick Molloys own Crackerjack - which features much the same leading cast (inc. Molloy, Judith Lucy & Bill Hunter) and seemed to both hatch from the same Egg - literally - despite denials by both Martin & Molloy.
Regardless, this movie - like Crackerjack - is a good honest laugh without being the 'great' Aussie comedy movie that these guys have the potential to reproduce (particularly if they ever all teamed up creatively on the same project with the Working Dog half of the D-Gen as well - yes we can dream!).
Martin for the most part puts aside his incredible ability for sharp satire and observational humor & parody which I am a huge fan of and delivers quite the 'serious' comedy about a corrupt police dept exposed by two fairly inept cops (Molloy & Franklin who is very nicely suited to his role as Molloys sidekick).
The film delivers some of the best laughs when Martin pulls out the visual gags in the style we know and love - such as the hilarious AMW scene and the opening 'car chase' scene, at other times the hunor is a little flat but the saving grace is the storyline which - albeit a rather contrived imitation of many other cop/spy thrillers inc. MI for one - keeps the interest going through the more serious moments.
So much like Crackerjack this is a very enjoyable romp that should serve well on repeated viewings - and of course is a goldmine for long-time D-Gen & Melbourne comedy fans who'll love seeing more Mick & Jude action (but no pash this time!) and great fun spotting cameos from the likes of John Harrison (who swore he'd never do D-Gen related comedy *ever* again!), Gina Riley, Pete Smith, Gracie & Sancia from the radio show days.. and a hilarious but all-to-short appearance from the great man Martin himself - doing a wonderful WWTBAM ripoff ..
All up I would say this movie is funnier at it's funniest than CJ, but the latter is the more consistent movie throughout .. both are definately DVD goers after you've seen it at the cinema - when you consider the mass of goodies T.Martin is rumored to be putting together for the release, and much like CJ the commentary alone could be just as (if not more) entertaining than the movie !!