'You'll be delivering your own royalty cheques to yourself soon,' gushes the band's hapless manager, Chabuddy G (Asim Chaudhry), to MC Grindah. Kurupt FM is invited to Tokyo to capitalise on this unexpected brush with celebrity. Out of the blue, a madcap Japanese game show samples one of the group's tracks, Heart Monitor Riddem, to accompany footage of contestants wiping out on an obstacle course. MC Grindah (Allan Mustafa) is a postman while DJ Beats (Chegwin) works on reception in a ten-pin bowling alley.ĭan Sylvester as Decoy, Steve Stamp as Steves, Allan Mustafa as MC Grindah, Hugo Chegwin as DJ Beats and Sadao Ueda as dance instructor Hiroto The two creative dynamos of Kurupt FM have reluctantly surrendered lofty musical ambitions to the daily grind of paying jobs. The flimsy plot sings to the same tune as Dreamgirls, creating friction through a scheming record executive, who intends to promote the group's strongest personality to lead singer and relegate disgruntled, ego-bruised bandmates to the blurred background.Ī script credited predominantly to the main cast fails to top the charts with belly laughs and overextends a sweet romantic subplot for drug-addled DJ Steves (Steve Stamp). When emotions run high, a karaoke bar becomes a predictable backdrop to apologies and reconciliations. This Is Spinal Tap and Anvil! The Story Of Anvil are clear references points for Jack Clough's likeable culture clash comedy, which transplants the deluded UK garage crew to foreign climes to confront cultural stereotypes in mildly toe-curling fashion.Īn evening meal of freshly prepared ramen topped with a soft-boiled brown egg soaked in soy sauce and mirin is quickly dismissed in favour of American fast food chain burgers overlooking the busy Shibuya pedestrian crossings. 'Brentford, Ipswich and now Japan!' summarises DJ Beats (Hugo Chegwin), tracking the group's haphazard road to success in one of his to-camera interviews. Allan Mustafa, Hugo Chegwin, Dan Sylvester, Steve Stamp, Asim Chaudhry, Ken Yamamura, Lily Brazier, Hitomi Souno, Director: Jack Clough.ĪWARD-winning BBC mockumentary People Just Do Nothing, which chronicles the misadventures of Middlesex-based pirate radio station Kurupt FM, heads east on the big screen but almost goes south with a hit-and-miss script that feels like a cover version of funnier and smarter portraits of the cut-throat music industry. PEOPLE JUST DO NOTHING: BIG IN JAPAN (15, 97 mins) Comedy/Romance. People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan: Dan Sylvester as Decoy, Hugo Chegwin as DJ Beats, Steve Stamp as Steves, Allan Mustafa as MC Grindah and Asim Chaudhry as Chabuddy G

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