He is gruff, abrupt, and intolerant, not only in issues related to medicine, but to life in general. Martin's situation is made more difficult by what can only be referred as an almost complete lack of an acceptable bedside manner. He soon meets several of the locals and eccentricity abounds. His reasons for leaving London and the high-paid life of a surgeon are not clear initially but related to a phobia he has.
He grew up in the area, having been raised by his now-widowed Aunt Joan Norton (Stephanie Cole). Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes), a London-based surgeon, relocates to the picturesque seaside village of Port Wenn, where he establishes himself as the area's general practitioner. Give it a look, if it sounds like your kind of thing.Successful surgeon Dr Martin Ellingham relocates to the seaside village of Portwenn in Cornwall but his gruff demeanour and poor bedside manner bring him into conflict with the locals as he begins his new life as a GP.ĭr. I don't know if Brian Thompson has a career in directing, but this feature is a serviceable effort that provides a simulated glanced into a world that Thompson has been lucky enough to be privy to. It's fine to sit through once, but there's not much replay value here.Ī previously-released film, CONFESSIONS OF AN ACTION STAR, plays with many of the same ideas but on a larger scale consider checking that one out if THE EXTENDABLES sounds too weak for you. Disappointingly, the actual screenplay is a little bloated, beating some jokes to death and resorting to noise whenever no one is speaking.
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Almost the entirety of the movie takes place on the set and in the lead's trailer, reflecting the movie's minimalist approach to production. Given this, don't expect much out of the cameos of Martin Kove, Bruce Locke, and Mark Dacascos as a writer irritated with how V.D.'s time-wasting antics play havoc with his script. retaliates against a practical joke by shooting up the set with a shotgun. Given that this is essentially a caricature of action filmmaking, it is surprising that there is not actually any real action to be seen. the Steven Seagal/Gene LeBell sleeper hold rumor, to which Brian has never been attributed), but it's still a modestly endearing homage to bizarreness, affectionately presented. Some of it's very crude, and Thompson definitely relies on hearsay for some of his stories (e.g. You can clearly see traits of the aforementioned stars in the character, and matching his antics to the rumors you've heard about the real-life personalities becomes the main source of entertainment here. Thompson himself opens the video by explaining its premise as a more detailed response to the question he gets asked so often: "What's it like working with Stallone/Schwarzenegger/Seagal/Van Damme/etc.?" His answer in presented in the form of the main character, who's the biggest weirdo you could ever imagine and one of the more alienating personalities you can find on film. The story: Aging action star Vardell Dusseldorfer ("V.D.") (Thompson) attempts a comeback by making his directorial debut. It's a take-it-or-leave-it premise whose goofy tone may alienate some of its intended audience but is otherwise entertaining enough to warrant a try from people interested in such an odd form of expose. Brian Thompson – that career villain who has yet to actually take his place in Stallone's franchise – takes his first stab at directing, writing, and producing with a comedy that proclaims to be an amalgamation of his experiences working with the eccentric personalities that Sly's been recently highlighting. Though the marketing for this movie capitalizes on the popularity of the EXPENDABLES series, be aware that this is not actually a spoof on that particular franchise.
Reviewed by The_Phantom_Projectionist 5 / 10 "I'm cake-blind!"
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