The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 10:30PM
Release Year: 1916 Director: Christy Cabanne and John Emerson Review: A completely surreal, silent, stoner comedy. It is a direct spoof on Sherlock Holmes. Our hero is Coke Ennyday. He divides his day into eating, drinking, sleeping and doping. He's very wealthy, and has all the latest technologies and gadgets. The plot is a bit garbled, but essentially the CIA needs him to find a criminal. He does so while injecting cocaine, snorting cocaine out of a giant box and eating opium. Every time he is feeling a bit sluggish he takes a hit, gets jittery and goes on his crime fighting ways. He is like Popeye, only with drugs rather than spinach. At one point he fends off a mob of gangsters by injecting them with drugs and blowing cocaine in their face. I kid you not. Its completely ridiculous, taking a very lighthearted look on hard drugs. Its so out there that it almost works, if only the actual detective plot was better.
Rating: 2/5
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