Lovefilm has sent me these in the wrong order, so I'm actually starting with the last one, but they'll still be posted chronologically later on.
Synoahpsis: "Revenge of the Pink Panther"
Peter Sellers returns in his last appearance in the lead role. Believed to be dead in a hail-of-gunfire-induced, flaming car wreck assassination attempt, Chief Inspector Clouseau returns in the frenchy slapstick adventure to investigate the Hong Kong dealings of an international drug ring calling itself the "French Connection". Allowing the enemy to believe he is dead (instead of Rossou, the wandering, bank-robbing transvestite what stole his car from a bus stop), Clouseau and Cato hunt down the baddies, fall down quite a bit, and probably save the day!
(I'll let you watch it and find out whether they save the day or not... spoilers).
The best bit
I suppose I thought there were some funny lines here and there... particularly when the fireworks factory was going up in flames in the midst of a cop-gangster gun battle; I just can't remember what they were.
Marks out of 10:
I can see why it would make for a watchable family comedy way back in the day, but the slapstick is really cringeworthy... even for my scrubs-loving taste. Once you got past the funny accents, which I agree were hilarious, there wasn't much here. 3.0
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