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1986 British film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Whoops Apocalypse is a 1986 British comedy film directed by Tom Bussmann and starring Loretta Swit, Herbert Lom, and Peter Cook. The film shares the same title as the TV series Whoops Apocalypse, but uses an almost completely different plot from the series.
| Whoops Apocalypse | |
|---|---|
UK DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Tom Bussmann |
| Written by | Andrew Marshall & David Renwick |
| Produced by | Brian Eastman |
| Starring | Loretta Swit Herbert Lom Peter Cook |
| Distributed by | ITC Entertainment |
Release dates | |
Running time | 93 min |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
A small British colony is invaded by its neighbour, the country of Maguadora, under dictator General Mosquera. As President of the United States Barbara Adams attempts to assist, the peace talks are sabotaged by the world's leading terrorist, Lacrobat. Conservative British Prime Minister Sir Mortimer Chris sends a task force to recapture the islands. Mosquera hires Lacrobat to kidnap British Princess Wendy, holding her ransom for British withdrawal. Sir Mortimer threatens a nuclear strike unless she is returned within 48 hours. President Adams not only has to deal with Mosquera and Lacrobat, but also Sir Mortimer, and with the fact that Mosquera aligns himself with Russia, and the whole thing could start World War III.
Barbara Adams, the first female U.S. president, only took office when the previous president, a former circus clown, died after asking a journalist to hit him in the stomach with a crowbar as a test of physical strength. Adams is incompetent, especially when dealing with the press. Her husband's weapons company hired Lacrobat to start the war in the first place.
Sir Mortimer claims unemployment is caused by evil invisible pixies. He hands out Union Flag umbrellas to Conservative voters to protect them from nuclear bombs, and plans to reduce unemployment by pushing employed people off cliffs. Despite his obvious insanity, the public adore him and follow him blindly. He loses his hand in a failed attempt by his own party to assassinate him and replaces it with a hook, and adopts a policy of crucifying disloyal party members in Wembley Stadium.
Lacrobat places princess Wendy in increasingly odd disguises, including a King Kong outfit. When she is disguised as an exhibit in a wax museum, an inept SAS squad attempting a rescue is massacred in a shootout. Lacrobat is partly responsible for the outbreak of war between the two countries; he dies when a tiger kept by the SAS rips his throat out. A Soviet soldier is hiding nuclear weapons on a Caribbean holiday island.
Two tabloid journalists who discover the Communist weapons are killed.
Although Wendy is rescued, Sir Mortimer ignores Adams's pleas to call off the nuclear strike. She calls a rear admiral, who was previously hypnotised to believe he was in a burning building when fingers are snapped. He ponders calling off the strike, but when a sailor snaps his fingers, he calls "Fire!" and the strike is launched.
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