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Finally a diet that lets you eat chocolate and drink red... 1 * Delicious and healthy Sirtfood diet recipe ideas to try for... Delicious and healthy Sirtfood diet recipe ideas to try... 1 Comments (0) If all publicity is good publicity, then Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's contentious action comedy has been a marketing dream. The film monopolised column inches and airtime last year after hackers calling themselves Guardians of Peace attacked Sony Pictures, releasing confidential data about employees and A-list stars on the company's roster. The scale of the cyber attack against a corporation with a strong technology pedigree was dizzying, culminating in threats against American cinema chains that were planning to screen The Interview. After all of the brouhaha and vociferous debate about free speech, The Interview turns out to be a crass, lumbering and toothless political satire. Trey Parker and Matt Stone's bad taste puppet satire Team America: World Police trampled over similar ground in 2004 with considerably more gumption and style. Their marionettes jumped to a pulsating soundtrack of original songs including "Freedom Isn't Free" but all The Interview can muster is James Franco caterwauling Katy Perry. "Baby you're a firework," he croons. No, baby you're a damp squib. Dave Skylark (Franco) is the gregarious host of entertainment show Skylark Tonight, which prides itself on headline-grabbing celebrity exposes. Long-time producer Aaron Rapaport (Seth Rogen) learns that Kim Jong-un (Randall Park), Supreme Leader of North Korea, is an ardent fan of the show, so he casually approaches the President's advisors for an on-air interview. Miraculously, the notoriously secretive regime agrees. "All questions will be supplied by the Supreme Leader," confirms the President's right-hand woman Sook Yung Park (Diana Bang). Shortly before they depart for Pyongyang, Dave and Aaron meet with CIA Agent Lacey (Lizzy Caplan), who wants the duo to poison Kim with ricin during their private audience. The lads agree but the covert operation gradually falls apart when Lacey discovers her inside men are buffoons. The Interview starts promisingly with a North Korean anthem awash with politically incorrect lyrics against the west and a Skylark Tonight episode devoted to rapper Eminem, who outs himself during a chat with Dave about his homophobic lyrics. "I've been leaving a breadcrumb trail of gayness," explains the rapper, bounding out of the closet. The uncomfortable giggles end there and for the next 90 minutes, Dan Sterling's script careens from one clumsy homophobic interlude to the next, until Dave determines that Kim must die because, "That's the American way!" The central pairing of Franco and Rogen grate before they have departed American soil, long before Kim has proudly shown off a vintage tank, which was a gift to his country from Stalin, and Dave has corrected him: "In my country, it's pronounced Stallone." Mindless violence explodes in the final act including a slow-motion face-off between the boys and Kim that averts nuclear Armageddon with all the subtlety and finesse of a sledgehammer to the sternum. * * Report this article Read more from Gloucester Citizen * Most Recent * Most Commented * Most Read * Thumbnail image Dame Barabara Windsor is set to leave Eastenders for good * Thumbnail image Finally a diet that lets you eat chocolate and drink red wine:... * Thumbnail image Delicious and healthy Sirtfood diet recipe ideas to try for... * Thumbnail image Dame Barabara Windsor is set to leave Eastenders for good * Default image Caught on Camera: Sainsbury's, Next, Paddy Power and B&M report thefts in Gloucester * Default image Snow 'corridor' 100 miles wide could hit parts of Gloucestershire * Default image Winnycroft Lane in Gloucester closed after crash Do you have something to say? 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