Panic Mechanic (1996)

Panic Mechanic (1996)

All the adventure a man can live, he lives. 1996-11-29 South Africa 102 Min. PG-13
5.7 3 votes
Comedy

Overview

When Hanky Pranky (alias Schucks), star of a candid camera TV show, loses his job to affirmative action, he applies for a job at a stress academy. It´s not long before Schucks discovers his new boss, Jack Paddaman, is as crooked as they come, but it´s too late: the employment contract is signed and sealed.A year passes, and Schucks is no better off. However, his candid camera videos, which poke fun at all sectors of post-1994 South Africa, prove a big hit with stressed-out government ministers. When the president asks Paddaman to make a movie to benefit street children, Schucks and his pals do all the hard work while Paddaman plans how he can get hold of the profits from the video sales. Add a scatterbrained secretary, a lovelorn traffic cop and a cunning street child and you have a roll-in-the aisles comedy with a distinctly South African flavour.

Cast

Leon Schuster is Schuks
Schuks
Frantz Dobrowsky is Jack Paddaman
Jack Paddaman
Nana Stapelberg is Gloria Haasbroek
Gloria Haasbroek
Themba Ndaba is Billy
Billy
Taryn Sudding is Annie / Various characters
Annie / Various characters
John Robbie is Himself
Himself
Dorette Nel is Saartjie
Saartjie
Sello Sebotsane is Hijacker
Hijacker
Desmond Dube is SABC man
SABC man
Ernest Ndhlovu is SABC boss
SABC boss
Tim Plewman is Minister of Transport
Minister of Transport