Back in the late 80s Fergus (Jimeoin) and his mate Wesley (Alan McKee) are happily living in strife-ridden Belfast unaware that their run-in with the local bad guy would have consequences on the other side of the world. After Fergus upsets the bad guy Colin, the mates flee Belfast and head to Australia and the movie traces their trials as they attempt to dodge the Immigration Department and make a life down under.

The film was based loosely around the actual start in Australia Jimeoin had as it recounts his venture on to the dating show Perfect Match, cleverly re-named Meet Market in the movie, an appearance that opened doors for him to pursue his particular style of comedy. Fergus bases his comedy around very good and insightful observations and he uses these observations to help set the movie up.

The boys are forever worried about being deported as they haven?t worried about the niceties of getting proper work permits. When you clean windscreens for a living it doesn?t seem to matter too much, but eventually the need for money lures Fergus to trying out on the Meet Market. He wins, but doesn?t realise that the Immigration officials watch the show too and he just manages to escape their clutches before heading off for the weekend with his perfect match. Things go from bad to worse as the girl falls for the chaperone and the Immigration officials nearly catch our hero. He escapes to a backpackers resort and gets Wesley to join him. Unbeknownst to the boys Colin, the Belfast baddie, has been secretly smuggled out to Australia, having turned informer. Colin?s minders aren?t quite up to the SAS training they are supposed to have been through and Colin makes a break for it. In a series of coincidences he finds Fergus and Wesley and chases after them in to the Australian outback as the boys are forced to run again. The chase is long and the outcome predictable as the boys manage to escape both the bad guy and the Immigration official in the end.

Personally I have always liked Jimeoin?s work and enjoy his sense of humour. I looked forward to seeing the comic strut his stuff in something longer than his usual half-hour shows. Sadly, the writing was pretty weak for this movie and the best of Jimeoin was largely hidden. The acting is so-so, the story less so and the whole thing became a bit of a yawn that never quite came off. It?s a pity but it won?t stop me looking for the boy in something that suits him better.

THE EXTRAS

There?s the Theatrical Trailer and Scene Selection but that?s it.

CONCLUSION

Back in the late 80s Fergus (Jimeoin) and his mate Wesley (Alan McKee) are happily living in strife-ridden Belfast unaware that their run-in with the local bad guy would have consequences on the other side of the world. After Fergus upsets the bad guy Colin, the mates flee Belfast and head to Australia and the movie traces their trials as they attempt to dodge the Immigration Department and make a life down under.