Mindhorn 2017

6.3/10

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IMDB Rating : 6.3

FD Smart Rating : 6.3

Synopsis : When a twisted killer tells the police he'll only speak to a fictional 1980s TV detective, the washed-up actor who played him takes the gig.

Directors:

Sean Foley

Actors:

Simon Farnaby , Richard McCabe , Andrea Riseborough , David Schofield , Jessica Barden , Nicholas Farrell , Julian Barratt , Essie Davis , Steve Coogan , Russell Tovey , Harriet Walter , Simon Callow

Languages:

English - Audio Description , English , Brazilian Portuguese , Italian , Spanish , German , English [Original] , French , Turkish , Polish , European Spanish , Japanese

Subtitles:

English , Portuguese , Spanish , Italian , Arabic , German , Dutch , Simplified Chinese , Vietnamese , Traditional Chinese , French , Brazilian Portuguese , Turkish , Greek , Polish , Swedish , Danish , Finnish , European Spanish , Romanian , Hebrew , Japanese , Korean , Norwegian , Thai , Bulgarian

Genres:

Comedy

Release Date:

2017

Run Time:

1h28m

Maturity Rating:

Allowed for ages 9 years and older.

Richard Thorncroft is a has-been British TV actor who used to be famous in the late 1980's for playing the titular and charismatic lead role in the Isle of Man detective show Mindhorn, a character with a Robotic eye that can literally 'see the truth'. Unfortunately, after becoming a little too pompous and arrogant, Richard ends up insulting both the Isle of Man and his fellow cast members on the Wogan chat-show, including his on-screen and real life love interest Patricia DeVille, (Effie Davies) his Stuntman, (Simon Farnaby) and bit-part costar Peter Easterman. (Steve Coogan) He decides to leave to try and make it big in Hollywood, but 25 years later and he's balding in a flat in North London and has recently been replaced for an orthopaedic sock advert by John Nettles, much to his chagrin. He is even more jealous that Easterman now fronts a long running spin-off show which has far eclipsed the success of Mindhorn. Richard has an unexpected opportunity to reignite his career though when a delusional criminal calling himself 'The Kestrel' (Russell Tovey) starts terrorising the Isle of Man and, having an extremely unhealthy obsession with the show, demands to talk only to Mindhorn. Relishing a chance for publicity, Richard dons his turtleneck and robot eye, aggravates the police with his method acting, tries to rekindle his old romance with Patricia and also attempts to sign a Mindhorn DVD deal with Easterman. With his 80's political incorrectness, solo musical single, useless cyborg eyepatch and cheesy one-liners, Mindhorn is here to bring an Apocalypse of Justice. It's truth time.