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There comes a point in every progeny man’s development when a woman threatens to come between him and his buddies, and to rectify matters his pals must snatch the bitch. The two soon to be bereft friends are Wayne (Zahn) and JD (Black), rodent wrangler and unemployable, individually, who make up one’s mind to rescue their romantically credulous pal Darren Silverman (Biggs) from the clutches of Dr Judy Fessbeggler (Peet), a lithe but heartless succubus. Not exclusively won’t she reciprocate his sexual favours, she’s intent on total domination. Gender semioticians will note that Judy’s rival (in the boys’ eyes) is a trainee nun. Well, Judy’s no whore, either teeth of the film-makers predeliction for dressing her down to the barest fripperies wherever possible. For all practical purposes she’s a cartoon villain who likes to movement rough, but gets her due in the annihilate. Part tongue in cheek, part genuinely inane, this is tough to get a buy and sell on. As cinema, Dugan’s lowlife comedy is bunk, chuck-full of clumsy filler flashbacks and frenetic guitar-signalled forced humour, yet interspersed with moments of wit.