What would happen if a bunch of Guy Ritchie's fast-talking mobsters butted heads against vain Los Angeles cops? That question is answered in Bad Lads, a new web series from creator Michael Plewa. In the first episode, rough-and-tumble Cockney Jimmy Smythe (Jason McBeth) relocates from London to La. Shortly thereafter, he is arrested for dealing cocaine, and in order to avoid jail time, he agrees to help Detective Ambrose (Jennifer Mather) go undercover with his gang. What follows is a fish-out-of-water comedy, as Ambrose attempts to fit in with her new Cockney mates without arousing too much suspicion. Ritchie's crime thrillers are clearly the most prominent influence here; Plewa, in an email to Tubefilter, claimed to be a "huge fan of the Cockney toughs" in Snatch. At the same time, Bad Lads offers snatches (pardon the pun) of many other genres as well. Jokes about linguistic differences between British...
- 12/13/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
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