Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Moderate
- witty
- irreverent
- absurd
- lazy sunday
- comedy night
What sets it apart
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The film parodies Edgar Wallace-style police mysteries through its title, investigators, criminal mastermind, and murder investigation.
Inspectors Even Longer and Very Long pursue a criminal threatening seven murders while the cast adopts deliberately ridiculous identities and comic roles.
The story uses Scotland Yard, London, detectives, aristocratic figures, and Edgar Wallace as a credited writing source within a German parody format.
The Vexxer plans to murder seven people in one day, giving the inspectors a clear escalating objective.
Films like The Vexxer, and why
The Vexxer
parody of gothic detective mysteries with absurd police investigations and broad comic performances
The Naked Gun
stylized detective parody built around eccentric investigators, slapstick violence, and genre conventions
Murder by Death
British mystery spoof combining deadpan absurdity, murder threats, and flamboyant criminal schemes
Johnny English
comic crime mystery with exaggerated detectives, eccentric suspects, and playful genre satire
Movie Details
- Directors
- Cyrill Boss, Philipp Stennert
- Release Date
- 2007-03-10
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (154)
Cast
- Oliver Kalkofe
- Bastian Pastewka
- Joachim Fuchsberger
- Christiane Paul
- Christoph Maria Herbst
- Martin Semmelrogge
- Wolfgang Völz
- Achim Mentzel
- Oliver Welke
- Christian Tramitz
Common questions
- What is The Vexxer about?
- A pair of eccentric inspectors race through a flamboyant British-style mystery to stop the Vexxer’s planned mass murder.
- What is The Vexxer like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Vexxer as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is The Vexxer violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Vexxer as moderate.
- Which films are like The Vexxer?
- Films with a similar feel include The Vexxer, The Naked Gun, Murder by Death, and Johnny English.
- How long is The Vexxer?
- The Vexxer runs 98 minutes.
