Spare a thought for Lee Evans. After the critical drubbing he received over his last BBC TV show, the rubber-faced comedian now finds himself playing second fiddle to a Saturday Night Live regular whom few will have heard of outside the States. "Funny Bones" and "Mousehunt" must feel like distant memories now.
The comedian in question is Tim Meadows, who has become a household name on the other side of the pond through his "Ladies Man" persona - a serial dating, Courvoisier-drinking, Afro-sporting gigolo who dispenses dubious advice to listeners misguided enough to call in to his radio phone-in show.
To a secret clan of cuckolded husbands, however, his most notable feature is the Smiley Face he has tattooed on his buttocks - the last they see of him every time they catch him running away from the scene of his latest seduction. It's this group that Evans joins in an attempt to castrate Leon and end his ladykilling once and for all.
How much you enjoy Reginald Hudlin's broad and bitty farce depends entirely on your reaction to Meadows and his character's sexist accoutrements (a boat called the "Skank-tuary", a bottle of "Pina Colada butt lotion" and the like). The obligatory love interest is supplied by Karyn Parsons from "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", while Julianne Moore has an unlikely cameo. For all that, this is a cheap and forgettable romp which is unlikely to trouble filmgoers for long before finding a more suitable home down your local video store.





