The Paragon

Very entertaining "microbudget" sci-fi fantasy from New Zealand with a lot of charm and humour. It reminded me a little of Garth Marenghi and The Mighty Boosh in its tone and comical flights of fancy (also Flight of the Conchords, now I think about it).

Benedict Wall is solid and likeable as the disgruntled everyman hit by a car who then trains to become a psychic to get revenge on the unknown driver, but Florence Noble is best of all as the glum-faced and velvet-robed cosmic witch who initiates him into the mysteries of telelocation and parallel universes and the like.

As something made for very, very, VERY little money (25 grand!), this looks amazing, its silliness is infectious and it puts in enough work to deserve to become a beloved cult all its own. With a good-enough script behind it, a sequel would be fun.