The only hope now for the People Just Do Nothing collective is that they continue doing nothing in front of our very eyes, and that this film isn't a closing number. Much of the success comes down to the brilliantly devised characters, from Grindah and Beats, to Steves and Chabuddy, to Miche. ‘People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan’ is in UK cinemas now and ‘Kurupting the Industry: The People Just Do.
From start to finish, it's full of classic jokes in line with the tonality of the series. Kurupt FM’s debut album, ‘Greatest Hits (Part 1)’ is out on August 20. But this project, directed by Jack Clough, avoids falling into that trap, and manages to remain "bigger" but without feeling too contrived.Ībove anything else, and vitally considering this is a film intended to make viewers laugh, it's just riotously funny.
As seen so often before, writers can feel a pressure to shoehorn in added drama to raise the stakes and vindicate the decision to make a movie of a TV show. Where People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan manages to succeed where other sitcom-to-screen cinematic adaptations have failed, is that it remains true to its own brand, and yet feels cinematic at the same time. This laugh-out-loud feature-length comedy is based on a popular British mockumentary sitcom. Characters also drink alcohol throughout and smoke in hotel rooms despite it being illegal to do so. When it bursts during a flight, he has an incredibly unpleasant experience.
One character smuggles ecstasy inside a condom that he inserts up his rectum. The language is strong, with several uses of the word "f-k," "p-yhole," and "pr-k." Drug taking and references to are incredibly frequent. There are jokes about masturbation and in one scene a character is seen naked, but his private parts are blurred out. Most of the humor is generally without malice, although some jokes could be deemed offensive. The same affection can be said of the way the film highlights the cultural differences between the British and the Japanese. It ridicules the culture of its central characters, but does so affectionately. At its core, the film is a study of friendship and loyalty, and the importance in remembering who, and what, is truly important in life. When a small pirate radio station called Kurupt FM discover one of their tracks is popular in Japan they head to Tokyo to make the most of their newfound fame. (“Sounds like a paedophile ring,” Steves points out.) Smooth corporate type Taka (Ken Yamamura) edges Chabuddy out out of the picture, and familiar divisions open up over selling out or keeping it real.Parents need to know that People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan is a hilarious feature-length comedy mockumentary, based on a British TV show, and features strong language and drug use throughout. Grindah’s freestyle “ragga rap” leaves Japanese music execs utterly bewildered they’re thinking more of restyling the Brits as a boyband with matching outfits, dance moves and a new name: Bang Boys. Much of the show’s comedy derived from the glaring contrast between the crew’s bravado and their woefully limited skills – intellectual, social, musical. This is very much a boys’ outing, but Miche finds a way. Since the end of their pirate radio station, life has been quiet for the Kurupt FM boys, but everything is about to change. life has been quiet for the Kurupt FM boys, but everything is about to change. In tow is their wheeler-dealer “manager” Chabuddy G (Asim Chaudhry), though they somehow neglect to buy a ticket for Grindah’s partner Miche (Lily Brazier). Watch People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan full movie online Movies123. So the crew reassemble and fly off to Tokyo: MC Grindah (Allan Mustafa), his loyal sidekick DJ Beats (Hugo Chegwin), their perpetually wasted mate Steves (Steve Stamp) and hanger-on Decoy (Daniel Sylvester Woolford), who literally does nothing for the whole film. The excuse for the overseas jaunt is that one of Kurupt FM’s old-school garage tracks is being used on a Japanese TV game show.