Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break – Movie Review
Director: Nick Gillespie
Writer: Matthew White, Nick Gillespie, Brook Driver (Screenplay)
Cast
- Tom Meeten (The Ghoul)
- Katherine Parkinson (The Boat That Rocked)
- Kris Marshall (The Four Feathers)
- Kevin Bishop (Muppet Treasure Island)
- Johnny Vegas (Blackball)
Plot: A weedy charity-shop worker is set on winning the big national talent show. But when the actions of 5 selfish people cause him to miss his audition, he sets out to seek deathly revenge. It’s 1 lunch break, 5 spectacular murders.
Runtime: 1 Hour 33 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break starts when Paul Dood (Meeten) is preparing for a talent contest. His biggest supporter is his mother, and he has dreamed of this moment for years. He streams his life, but unfortunately, a series of events causes him to miss his chance and his mother to die.
Paul decides to get revenge on the people who wronged him during that day. However, he only has his lunch break to complete his rampage. Once he gets started, he starts to go viral for the first time in his life.
Verdict on Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break is an action comedy following a lonely man who sees his dreams taken from him. His life ends up falling apart around him leading him to go on a revenge journey on everyone that stopped him making his dream come true.
This is a movie that gets to bring plenty of laughs along the way showing that dreams don’t always come true. However, it is how you handle them not going your way that can define you. Although the series of deaths are comical in a similar way to what ‘Tucker and Dale vs. Evil’ did before. It is funny, while having a real meaning about understanding your place in the world.
Final Thoughts –Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break is a funny movie with a nice heart to go with it.
