WHO MADE IT? | Director: Steve Bendelack Cast: Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Michael Sheen, Victoria Wood, David Warner and Simon Pegg | WHAT'S IT ABOUT? | Based on the award-winning TV comedy series "The League of Gentlemen," the fictional world of Royston Vasey is facing destruction. To avert disaster the locals must send a small rescue party into the real world and confront their creators. Fugitive butcher Hilary Briss (Gatiss) and his two hostages, German exchange master Herr Lipp (Pemberton) and businessman Geoff Tipps (Shearsmith) accidentally make it through and discover their creators have decided to scrap their series on Royston Vasey and replace it with a new creation - a 17th century demonic drama called "The King's Evil" thus consigning Royston Vasey to annihilation. | WHAT'S IT LIKE? | A totally bizarre film, full of weird and wonderful characters, particularly if, like me, you have never seen the TV series. Fans of the show will probably get more out of this movie although the story does stand up on its own. The opening gag, which runs for a good five minutes or so, is ingenious. Like in the TV series all the writers of the program also star in the movie as the locals and as themselves too; that is all but Jeremy Dyson, played by Michael Sheen in the film, as he doesn't appear in the original show. David Warner (The Omen/Titanic) gives a rousing performance as Dr Erasmus Pea, from the new demonic drama, who wants to take over Royston Vasey. Watch out for some interesting cameos by Victoria Wood, Peter Kay and Simon Pegg. Wacky and surreal - one for The League of Gentlemen fans I feel. | THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN'S APOCALYPSE opens on 3 June 2005
