Boasting a big-name cast, a sharp and funny script by sketch comedy duo Ben Ashenden and Alexander Owen with Derek Connolly and Colin Trevorrow, impressive cross-London action sequences, and one of the funniest performances you'll ever see Orlando Bloom give,

Lots of comedies have attempted to cynically rely on actors’ improvisation skills to patch up their uneven, unready scripts. By comparison, the way Deep Cover uses improv comedy as a major engine for its plot feels like a loving tribute to the form – in theory, at least, if not necessarily in practice.

Deep Cover” opens on a quote — the adage that in comedy, as in battle, you must be prepared to die if you want to kill — that is low-hanging fruit for any snarky critics seeking an easy jab. In truth,