Aiming for a quirky line somewhere between The Craic and The Castle, You Can’t Stop the Murders is never less than amusing but not as funny as it thinks it is.

Written by and starring stand up comics Gary Eck, Akmal Salah and Anthony Mir (who also directed), the plot sees Eck and Salah as two none too bright coppers in a small NSW town, Gary dreams of dating the local TV newsgirl whilst Akmal spends his time dreaming up bad film scripts (“What about this one Gary, a dead dog that come back to life to help people in need”). When a serial killer using the line up of the camp pop group The Village People as his “liet motif” (victims include a biker, a construction worker, a sailor, a cowboy and an Indian) begins to target the town The Chief of Police calls in a big city detective D.I. Tony Charles (played by Anthony Mir in full Don Johnson mode), Gary is determined to catch the killer before Charles but could he in fact be the missing target on the killer’s list.

With some funny lines and situations (especially the whole dog in the boot sequence) and with guest appearances from the likes of Jimoin, The Umbilical Brothers and Sandman and a Peter Allen soundtrack, You Can’t Stop the Murders does have it’s moments.

EXTRAS: A Photo gallery and the theatrical trailer.