don not judge a book by it cover . we have all heard that phrase before and and if ever that try and true proverb need utter it when discuss gareth rhys jones 1999 directorial debut and bodywork . i do not know if it be lion gate or avalanche video who pick the horrendous cover art for this disc and but whoever it be should be take out back and poke repeatedly with a sharp stick bodywork have more in common with the quirky storytelling of guy ritchie lock and stock and two smoking barrel than anything and and i be not even sure who those people be on the cover . it look like the two star and but there be not a scene anywhere in the film that remotely resemble that shot . rhys jones and who also write the screenplay and do a fine job of keep the quirkiness factor pretty high without become too over the top . much of the plot centre around some genuinely comic sequence and and a such doesn not necessarily come across a particularly true to life . however and like ritchie and rhys jones can present a series of tragic and comic event together in such a way a to make it entertaining and and that work for me . an unexpected murder cause by q tip occurs near the film conclusion and and that be a good representation of some of the typically left of centre element rhys jones put out there . to add to the general tone of strangeness and there be brief moment inter cut throughout the story where the character and seat in some antiseptic all white room and be discuss their relationship with virgil and and be not sure until the end ( and maybe even then ) where they be and or if he be dead or alive . not a gritty or violent a ritchie work and bodywork do still have a nice mix of eccentric secondary character that make this film a lot of fun . the late charlotte coleman ( four wedding and a funeral ) be the elfishly cute car thief tiffany shade and who be partner with the wiry crook legal ( simon gregor ) . peter moreton and a the son of the unscrupulous car dealer and be one of those comically violent type that always seem on the verge of explode into a rage . the two investigator and exasperate scot sgt . billy hunch ( clive russell ) and gun happy det . danny spark ( grahame fox ) be a couple of extremely funny character and and i wish these two would have have more screen time .