Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall reprise
their roles from the TV series Bottom, this time
as proprietors of Britain's worst hotel (conveniently
located next to a nuclear power plant). There's not much that is new in this
movie that hasn't already been done in Bottom or
Fawlty Towers. Really devoted fans of Mayall and
Edmondson will get some enjoyment from a few
genuinely hilarious moments and some pretty cheap,
but cool, stunts (such as the exploding rubber
underwear).
However, overall the movie is
terrible! In fact, some of it is in such bad
taste, that it is one of the first movies this
year to get into the "so bad it's good"
category. I am convinced that this movie will be
a fantastic classic if viewed while drunk (but
not queasy), but until then it must wallow
deservedly in its 36/100 rating.
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