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"I'm annoying" he agrees at an internal tribunal
hearing into his performance - in which the fact that he has
only had three successes out of 1000 cases is brought up by
an unforgiving threesome who banish him to Manchester.
As soon as he arrives he is landed in it up to his neck when
a young carjacker is framed for drug dealing by a crooked
senior copper. Foolishly stepping in where angels fear to
tred, our hero finds himself witness to a murder and being
threatened with having all sorts of lewd things done to him
in prison if he doesn't forget about the matter.
Deciding to take the corrupt rozzer on, Gardner calls in
the only people he's helped go straight - his ex-clients -
and works out a plan that will either succeed, or get them
thrown into the slammer forever.
Coogan is marvellous as Gardner and he is no stupid, pen-pushing
wuss. Neither are his superb backing team of George (Om Puri),
Colin (Ben Miller), Jeff (Steven Waddington) and Kirsty (Emma
Williams). They get occasional help from a lovely WPC, Emma
(Lena Headey), and a secret legendary burglar (we're not telling
you, but it's a perfect choice) the A-team does its best to
overcome all the odds.
The Parole Officer is a huge amount of fun and will have
you laughing at the various antics and situations the gang
finds themselves in.
The video transfer is adequate, with a number of glitches
and some grain, but the sound gets the thumbs up.
Conclusion: Movie 80%, Extras 75%
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