Jackboots on Whitehall

A British film with an all-star voice cast, including Timothy Spall, Ewan McGregor and Richard E. Grant, Jackboots on Whitehall offers an alternative version of WWII history, in which the Nazis invade London. Realised through animated puppets it will inevitably be compared to Team America:World Police, a likeness that does it no favours.

Whilst both are political satires and feature a cast of dolls, Team America is far superior in its script and style, leaving Jackboots feeling like little more than a poor imitation, right down to the PG-rated doll sex scene. After focusing the ridicule firmly on non-British characters (the Germans, a dense American and stereotypical Frenchman), the film's few jokes quickly run thin, until the English are forced to relocate to Scotland. Here, thankfully, Jackboots ends on a high note, with a tongue-in-cheek cameo and some subtitled Scottish heathens to save the day.