This film informs a kid up front that smoking is bad, but the team of avengers that make up The Tobacco Force harness the “negative energy” of tobacco to fight evil. If this sounds silly, hold on! French director Quentin Dupieux is kind of a cross between Charlie Kaufmann and Luis Buñuel with an approach that’s bizarre surreal absurdity. The superheroes, who look like cheap versions of Power Rangers, defeat one rubber monster a la Godzilla before being sent to a camp, where they sit around a fire and tell stories. Yep, there are several little shorts that pop in, as told my members of the group, a random girl and a barracuda, yes, you read that right. Then there’s their boss, who’s a giant rodent with green drool. If you’re reading this going wha???, that’s how I felt watching this. People who like weird, virtually meaningless and low budget failed camp might find this a unique curiosity, but it’s basically a peculiar French mess. NOTE: Stay thru the credits for one final disappointment. 
(1 / 5)
