BBB.5
(out of 5)
Fun sequel to Nicos Perakis’s 1984 Loufa Kai Parallagi (or, roughly, “Loafing And Camouflage”), which returns to the hijinks among mandatory-service soldiers in the Greek military. Not much has changed in twenty years; these guys are still a bunch of goofs who think more about good alcohol and fine booty than the defense of their country. Their priorities are given a good shake, however, when a group of soldiers manning a rocky beach in the Aegean intercept a Turkish boat illegally landing on Greek shores. The boat is carrying members of a magazine photo shoot and claims not to have known the island was out of their legal boundary, provoking a response from the Greek military men that starts out winsomely humorous but threatens to blow up into an international incident. Perakis’ style has definitely gained a lot of glamorous sheen over the last twenty years, and the budget is a lot more impressive as well, making for a hit comedy (highest number of tickets ever sold in Greek movie theatres to that point) that has it all: lots of laughs, lots of skin and even a thin layer of substance to hold it all together.
Directed by Nicos Perakis
Screenplay by Nicos Perakis
Cinematography by Giorgos Argyroiliopoulos
Produced by Manos Krezias, Kostas Lambropoulos, Nicos Perakis
Music by Dimitris Kontopoulos
Production Design by Yorgos Papadatos
Costume Design by Katerina Mouzoula
Film Editing by Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Cast Tags: Angela El-Zeind,Anthem Moss, Apostolis Totsikas, Arzu Yanardag, Dimitris Liakopoulos,Giannis Hatzigiannis, Ioannis Papazisis, Metin Belgin, Muge Bakircioglu, Orfeas Avgoustidis, Ram Satoop,Renos Haralambidis,Socratis Patsikas, Stelios Xanthoudakis, Takis Spiridakis, Tugçe Kazaz,Turgay Tanulku, Vassilis Haralambopoulos, Vicky Kaya, Yannis Tsimitselis,Yetkin Dikinciler, Yorgos Seitaridis
