I had always wanted to see a movie in Canada, but since I mostly just go on day trips there it seemed like a waste of trip time to see just any movie that is available in the United States. “Crash” wasn’t my cup of tea, so I had to wait for this movie.

(OT rant: I had a tough time convincing Canadian Customs and Immigration that I just wanted to come see a film, especially since I crossed at eight in the morning. What!? Was I supposed to explain my whole itinerary? How do I explain I wanted to come to Vancouver early to find the parking garage where Jackie Chan’s “Rumble In the Bronx” was filmed in and around? For a change, US Immigrations was actually easier than Canadian Immigration today.)

I did eventually make it through, and saw a movie where bumbling Canadian law enforcement were featured prominently. The movie is a single narrative story based on a sketch television show. A lot of the mechanical inventiveness is missing from the movie, but they do still have lots of double entendre jokes. The slap-stick scenes, except for an electrocution scene, work better than their attempts at serious emotional development, but a sequence where the Possum Lodge members commit mayhem on a nearby town probably plays differently now than it would have back when the scene was written. Of the secondary characters, Grahm Green’s character gets a lot more screen time than he normally gets on the show--a welcome improvement. The movie also has a cameo appearance of all five members of the Royal Canadian Air Farce, a comedy troupe who is now normally down to three regular performers.

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The man with the magic hands.

(Looks like Rockwall isn't much closer to Killeen than Langley is to Renton, though. 183 miles.)

I live near city nuber five on the list, but I went out to see it early anyway.

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