Mission London

April. 16,2010      
Rating:
7.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A concert to celebrate Bulgaria joining the EU is being planned at the Embassy in London and it is the job of VARADIN, the new ambassador, to ensure the Queen attends. But with corrupt staff, criminal gangs operating out of the kitchen, falling in love with a stripper and a little misunderstanding with a PR firm that provides look-alike royalties - his simple task turns into a chaotic nightmare.

Alan Ford as  Sibling
Tomas Arana as  Munroe
Ralph Brown as  Detective Collway
Georgi Staykov as  Chavo
Julian Vergov as  Varadin Dimitrov
Velizar Binev as  Kamal
Rosemary Leach as  Miss Cunningham
Jonathan Ryland as  Dale Rutherford
Hristo Mitzkov as  Expert
David Collings as  Dean Carver

Reviews

Cubussoli
2010/04/16

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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Evengyny
2010/04/17

Thanks for the memories!

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ThedevilChoose
2010/04/18

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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Doomtomylo
2010/04/19

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

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martin-stavrev
2010/04/20

I may be Bulgarian, but I will not close my eyes for the total lack of creativity displayed with this movie. All of Bulgaria was flooded with ads for this movie. And to be honest, while watching the ads I thought "well, this movie might be worth watching"... well, I was wrong.First the whole concept of the movie is stupid. The actors... They did their best, but it was not enough to compensate for the poor script. They might of tried to make up some better looking tracking devices instead of using 1,5V batteries. The only funny moment of the movie (the grand fiasco) was totally predictable. I hate to say it, but Bulgarian movie producers have the talent to make some of the worst movies ever (that is all after 1990, there are some great Bulgarian movies before that). Only Germans are able to compete with the lack of creativity and stupidity of Bulgarian movie makers.For a long time I thought that no one can make a worse movie than a German, but if we keep up the pace, soon Germany will be second and Bulgaria will be the top producer of worthless movies.

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hammerstrikebg
2010/04/21

The film contains the special kind of humor no one outside Bulgaria can understand. It features one of the best actors in Bulgaria and of course Alan Ford - the man who is always participating in great movies. The quality of the video and sound is good. The actors are acting well. There are almost no visible mistakes. The quotes are funny and well done. Part of the Bulgarian culture is displayed by the film including the special kind of Bulgarian humor. Overall this is a brilliant comedy, but if you are not familiar with the Bulgarian humor you will probably just think it's yet another comedy. I recommend this film to all who are familiar with Bulgaria, Bulgarian culture, Bulgarian humor or will ever come to Bulgaria.

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snajgez
2010/04/22

I'm not a Bulgarian, but I absolutely loved this movie (well, in the beginning it seemed a bit vague, but soon the jokes began to fall out of the closet), probably because I'm from the same region and sharing similar history, therefore I have recognized many of the cultural clichés used in the movie. I loved the character of the President's wife, as well as the ambassadors. Well casted and brilliantly written. Loved the worried British ornithologist part. These scenes beautifully infiltrated some of the English clichés - as we, Eastern Europeans see them - into the movie. Overall I am really happy that Bulgarians could produce such a movie. Never could have happened in Lithuania - we are too serious. It's very brave and it's a talent to be able to laugh from yourself.

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Mihail Krepchev
2010/04/23

For years, I've heard Bulgarian audiences wonder why we cannot produce a movie that holds up when compared to Hollywood comedies. Well, now we have. And the result is pretty satisfying. The first thing that struck me about the movie was how professionally it was made. The camera-work, the editing, the sound mixing, everything was of a pretty high standard, which is not something that Bulgarian films have recently managed. The acting was generally mediocre and the dialogue was sloppy at times, but overall all scenes were watchable, even the more talky ones. The focus of the movie was not in the performances anyway. The tempo was brilliant. At one point I thought the scenes were too short and the film would lack cohesiveness, but by the ending this style of editing makes sense and the film plays great, seeming neither too short, nor too long. While this is predominantly a comedy, deeper themes are there and they are examined in a non-intrusive way even if they are mainly Bulgarian-specific. Being able to understand all the jokes will enhance the viewing immensely but that does not mean that foreign audiences will not appreciate the film. Overall I give it 8/10 simply because the movie is head and shoulders above any Bulgarian comedy that has been attempted in the last decades. For non-Bulgarian audiences the film is a solid 7.

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