i have to admit that when i first hear about the apocalypse film it be a worry . i mean and they have a lot to live up to and do not they . when they first do a stage show they win the perrier award and when they do radio they win a sony award . when they venture onto our telly they win a bafta award and a royal television society award and the golden rise of montreux . when the first series air in january 1999 it be mind blow . a real breath of fresh air in british comedy and and when the second series air a year later it build on that foundation and seal the show cult status around the world and our web stats show that we have receive visitor from every single country on the planet . the local show for local people showcased the gent talent for live performance and open door for the gent to do more live performing such a art in the west end . the fan favourite have always be the christmas special and less of a sketch show and more a tribute to classic horror film yet still wrap up in the delicious league style . and then of course there be the wouldifficult third series and still a hit with the loyal hardcore fan of course and but maybe a little bit ahead of it time for a mainstream tv audience . a i say and a lot to live up to . so now we have the film and . well a film be different isn not it . it will be see by much large number than the radio or tv show and with the third series in mind i be worry . well a you know i be lucky enough to get to see the film yesterday at a press screening in london and all my doubt be blow away ( literally ) in the first few minute . i be not go to give plot line away a some reviewer have do and nor be i go to tell you the catch phrase ( although there be really only one ) but i will try to tell you what they have manage to achieve with this film . leave the cinema on monday night i could only imagine write oh my god and it brilliant and it amazing and it the best thing they have ever do and good than the first and second and special all roll into one . of course i owe my visitor a much good explanation than that . so and why be it brilliant . this be a film for everyone and the casual fan and the obsessive fan the occasional fan and even for someone who be sit in the wrong cinema . you do not have to have watch the series to enjoy this film while it work on so many level . this film remind me why i be a league of gentleman fan . you can tell that filming be a true labour of love too while the attention to detail be incredible . the set for the tv show be always detail but i be go to have to watch the film again just to look at the background . the story move at a swift pace and the action carry u from royston vasey to the real world where we meet the creator who be of course the league themselves . along the way we manage to bump into favourite character from the show but always within the central story unlike the tv sketch show . i be glad that the film be dark in place and a little scary and a little strange . only fit for the league of gentleman . the gent also manage to get their revenge on the bbc censor and not as much slipping in the word mongoloid a scream it from the roof top . some may think the gent portrayal of themselves a little indulgent but that the joke and with that come my only worry and the in joke i mention below may puzzle some viewer and they might come over a little too clever . but i shouldn not worry and there be always a poo joke wait just around the corner and speaking of joke and they come thick and fast and and in a mixture of clever reference and wig joke and bum joke and visual joke and cock gag . i haven not laugh out loud in a cinema since . well and i can not remember . the fan that have be with the league since the beginning be reward with load of in joke and some that work on two level and a mainstream audience may laugh at a reference to a compact disc for one reason whilst fan of the local show will laugh for another reason altogether . the cameo be genius . peter kay and simon pegg form the strange double act you have ever see and simon get one of the film big laugh just by make a noise . i be a little worried about the 1690 aspect of the film when i first hear about it but a a story within a story i be just get into it when . but that would be tell . all i need to say be that it fit wonderfully and add to the overall feel of the film . i be not a professional reviewer of film and so i be find it difficult to put into word how much i enjoy this film but for now i will just say that if the suppose benchmark for british comedy film in recent year be the excellent shaun of the dead then i be sorry but a new benchmark have just be set by the inventive and hilarious and sometimes a little scary . the league of gentleman apocalypse . jason kenny 2005 .