Underplayed Gems

Bad Eggs (2003)

Bad Eggs poster
Directed by
Tony Martin
Genre
comedy film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
M
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two police officers accidentally shoot a judge's corpse and get in trouble. They investigate his death as they get demoted and uncover a conspiracy involving their old unit and the state premier.

comedicfast-pacedsillyslapstickquirkyplayfulabsurdlighthearted

What happens

Bad Eggs is a 2003 Australian comedy movie, written and directed by Tony Martin. It stars Mick Molloy, Bob Franklin and Judith Lucy, with Alan Brough, Bill Hunter, Marshall Napier, Nicholas Bell, Steven Vidler, Shaun Micallef, Robyn Nevin, Brett Swain, Denis Moore and Pete Smith having supporting roles. Ben Kinnear (Molloy) and Mike Paddock (Franklin) are police officers working for the Zero Tolerance Unit, a special division of Victoria Police. When they accidentally shoot the corpse of a judge several times each, they are reprimanded but investigate his death, leading to several other accidents, for which they are relegated to uniform duty. Through Julie Bale (Lucy), a former police officer and Kinnear's ex, they uncover a conspiracy involving the Zero Tolerance Unit and extending all the way to the Premier of Victoria (Micallef). Tony Martin's comedic style in the movie blends one-liners and slapstick with more sophisticated humour. The film marked Martin's directorial debut. Many of the cast and crew members, including Molloy, Hunter, Martin and Lucy, had previously worked on the film Crackerjack (2002). The film performed moderately well at the Australian box-office and was also released in New Zealand and Germany. Molloy's acting was praised in some circles, as was the ARIA Award-nominated soundtrack by Dave Graney and Clare Moore. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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