The Swedish film “Guy Manley Super Spy” is a 100% spoof of spy and espionage movies. It has a “Once Upon a Time in Uganda” flavour in that it revels in the absurd. Blood and guts in profusion replete with special effects and low on an intelligent plot.
Guy Manley (Baltazar Ploteau) is a spy graduate of The Academy of Intergalactic Espionage but his stellar reputation has taken a beating as a divorce and too much drink has rendered him a hopeless drunk like Otis on the long defunct “Andy Griffith Show”.
Guy Manley is propelled into action by a generous cash offer by Buck Cash (Knut Wistbacka) to eliminate his bother Rich Cash (Anton Sjölund). The Cash brothers are both running for mayor and Buck wants mayoralty power.
Get this and you’ll understand the intellectual depth of the film; Rich Cash is perpetually constipated and has been emotionally wounded by the mocking attributed to his constipation and for revenge wants to poison the city’s water supply by lacing it with prune juice so the citizenry will be shitting in their pants.
The film is an exercise in absurdity as Guy Manley in his Steve Erkel Pants and Tom Waits’ voice battles the evil Rich Cash.
The film is very much like a graphic novel and a comic book no surprise as the credits state the film was “made by NattKomick”. At times Guy Manley is like a demented Batman and Rich Cash like one of his victims perhaps The Penguin, laughable as opposed to the demonic evil of The Joker.
Perhaps I should stop here and say tuned for;
- Satire
- Overdone violence
- Video game graphics
- An excess of blood
- Oedipal overload
- Juvenile and bathroom humour
- Generous borrowing of spy movies both serious and farcical
Loads of one liners.
If you are over the age of 15 the absurdity simply can’t save the movie from its awfulness unlike “Once Upon a Time in Uganda”. But thinking of watching the film with teenager in the family they most likely will enjoy it more than you.
The film is directed by David Andersson and will be available On Demand as of 13September2024.
RKS 2024 Film Rating: 68/100.
A Bird's Eye View of Fashion, Food, Travel, Culture, Beverage and Curiosity 