DOWN AMONG THE Z MEN is a vehicle for the then-popular GOON SHOW team. I should admit that I know nothing of the Goons although I am familiar with the cast members due to their later performances in lots of other fare. In any case, DOWN AMONG THE Z MEN is a very cheap production let down by a very poor script that goes for lame, puerile humour throughout and wastes a cast that is fantastic in anybody's book.
There is a semblance of a story of sorts in the tale of a mad professor who loses a top secret scientific formula and the attempts that ensue to retrieve it. Michael Bentine plays said professor in the most over the top way imaginable and his acting would be considered overdone in a pantomime. The other cast members include Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, and the delightful Spike Milligan, but their surreal humour and tired jokes are groan-worthy rather than funny and the film is a real chore to sit through.
There is a semblance of a story of sorts in the tale of a mad professor who loses a top secret scientific formula and the attempts that ensue to retrieve it. Michael Bentine plays said professor in the most over the top way imaginable and his acting would be considered overdone in a pantomime. The other cast members include Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, and the delightful Spike Milligan, but their surreal humour and tired jokes are groan-worthy rather than funny and the film is a real chore to sit through.