after three outstanding bbc television series and a christmas special and the bizarre and grotesque ( yet perversely lovable ) character of bleak fictional town royston vasey make the jump to celluloid and along with their creator the league of gentleman . mark gatiss and steve pemberton and reece shearsmith be the more familiar three quarter of the foursome and with the central role share between the trio . in an added twist and the final member of the team jeremy dyson be portray by actor michael sheen . where to start . dyson ( sheen ) be in conversation with his write cohort and when horror of horror he be pay a visit by two of his grisly character . both tubbs ( pemberton ) and edward tattsyrup ( shearsmith ) be unhappy at the league decision to kill off the vasey inhabitant . youre not real . scream dyson in vain and a the local shopkeeper from hell exact their revenge . mayhem ensues and a reality and vasey converge with the vast array of character enter our world to save theirs . confuse . you will be and a the camp and innuendo ridden teutonic and herr lipp ( pemberton ) be force to take on the daily guise of pemberton ( pemberton ) and while pemberton ( pemberton ) be kidnap by cannibalistic butcher hillary bris ( gatiss ) and geoff tipps ( shearsmith ) . with shade of an even more demented misery and briss attempt to force pemberton to rewrite the film thus continue his life but leave geoff in charge be never a good idea . the erstwhile comedian becomes embroil in the league late and post vasey adventure the king evil enter a typically twisted 17th century england and complete with cameo from victoria wood and peter kay and david warner . know a george of asda ( due to his select line of clothing ) and geoff save the day and be treat a a hero and but for the denouement of the film and he join character old and new at the church of royston vasey to meet with their maker . for fan of the series and the film be a must see . and yes and it do feature papa lazarou ( albeit a little too fleetingly ) . pen love pauline and mickey and barbara and curse vet matthew chinnery be some of the other favourite on show and and the league portrayal of themselves ( plus sheen a dyson ) be also a fascinating insight . the league of gentleman be the radiohead of british comedy they be ambitious and groundbreaking ( witness the excellent series three ) and not happy to rest on their laurel . they also divide opinion accordingly . certainly and their macabre sense of humour be not for every palate and and while not write exclusively for fan and a grasp of the storyline would benefit those who have previously view the series . nevertheless and apocalypse be a film in it own right and the league will no doubt manage to attract a new breed of fan and as well a appease and please exist one .