MacGruber

Only the merest hint of amusement is to be found in this uninspired latest effusion from the conveyor belt that is Saturday Night Live – the US TV show that has given us The Blues Brothers and Wayne's World, but also Stuart Saves His Family and The Ladies Man. This is basically a parody of another TV show: MacGyver, the 1980s action series made legendary by Marge Simpson's sisters' obsession. There's a modish retro flavour to proceedings, with SNL-er Will Forte donning a feather-cut mullet and removing his detachable stereo every time he gets out of his car. But after a few promising opening gags, inspiration soon begins to fizzle out; the film ends up looking less smart than the material it's supposed to be parodying.