Atul Malhotra’s slapdash ladcom opportunistically piggybacks on 1977’s much-loved Amitabh Bachchan “masala”, Amar Akbar Anthony. While elements of that film’s characterisation persist in this tale of three Hounslow chancers doing up a restaurant, it hasn’t a comparable charm, and suffers from disastrous tonal shifts: in one nightclub loo sequence, we veer from a sniggering Goldie Lookin Chain cameo into a heads-against-porcelain bloodbath. Sunny location work helps west London’s dual carriageways appear more appealing; elsewhere, the relentless bants and tail-chasing suggest Malhotra is none too ambitiously pursuing the post-pub Dapper Laughs crowd. Sample dialogue: “What about your dinky? Is it feeling kinky?”
