Meant to be a parody of the recent invasions of Grenada and the Falkland Islands, this comedy about the laid-back governor (
Michael Caine) of "Cascara," a fictional British island somewhere in the Caribbean, and the international parade of characters who come through his territory is a pastiche without a clear center. Among these multinational characters are an American industrialist out to exploit the island's rich source of mineral water -- also the source of all the subsequent trouble on the island -- some inexplicable French-German visitors, a singing revolutionary with ties to Fidel Castro, and various parodies of Brit diplomats and politicians, Margaret Thatcher included. Both
Michael Caine as the guv, and
Leonard Rossiter as the stuffy Sir Malcolm hand in winning performances. Films with similar themes include
Woody Allen's
Bananas and
Club Paradise, starring
Robin Williams. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide