Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance his expedition. But the Sultan of Turkey, who makes a great deal of money through taxing the merchants who have to pass through his country on the current route, sends his best spy, Fatima, to wreck the trip. Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance his expedition. <br/><br/>But the Sultan of Turkey, who makes a great deal of money through taxing the merchants who have to pass through his country on the current route, sends his best spy, Fatima, to wreck the trip, but she ultimately falls for the charm of Columbus….<br/><br/>Innuendo ahoy!! <br/><br/>COC (which nobody is calling it), an innuendo in itself, was the first Carry On… film in twenty years, and feature series regular Jim Dale. Now due to the fact that he was a regular, he appears to be, along with a cameo from Jack Douglas, to be making an effort with the dire script and story.<br/><br/>Watching it twenty five years since it's release, it's a veritable who's who of sketch/game show, sitcoms, one hit wonder hosts, and the bloke who ran Oz cabs in Eastenders.<br/><br/>So for nostalgia value, it's worth seeing just to see so many prolific artists slumming it with a script that is homophobic, racist, sexist, and ultimately downright silly for the best part of the film.<br/><br/>So why did I find on occasion to be tittering like an old woman who laughed at The Roly Poly's when they were a staple part of Saturday night TV.<br/><br/>Simple, because it's hilarious to see the innuendo literally forced from the mouths of those spouting the inane material.<br/><br/>Clarey is the main culprit in this, at a time when he was more famous for being called 'The Joan Collins Fan Club', but when he began his TV career, his act was basically sending up the fact that he was homosexual.<br/><br/>He had no material, and here he appears to be revelling in the fact that he is being self deprecating to his sexuality.<br/><br/>There isn't much of a story, it's just an excuse to get a chock full of famous Brits trying to steal a scene.<br/><br/>And the punchline? It was the highest grossing Columbus film of the three that were released in 1992.<br/><br/>Terrible, but you'll watch it to the end. Some movies can be so bad that they are funny. The trouble with this movie is that it tries desperately to be funny but isn't. Many looked forward to seeing a new Carry on movie but despite a very good and talented cast this movie is very hard to sit through. Its hard to say why it doesn't work but its probably because the genre has out lived its used by date. The old carry on movies had a loyal and faithful audience but they belonged to another time. These days we can watch them and they bring back sweet memories of sitting in an old theatre (like the Grosovenor in Melbourne)and licking on your Dixi ice cream. It is rather nice that the gay characters don't do the silly hinting and that Julian Clary can be quite open. He seems to be the only performer who seems to get a laugh. Thankfully most people support gay rights and same sex relationships are simply a life style choice. "Carry on Columbus" really is a terrible mess and there are no laughs.
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