3.5/5
Woody Allen is at the top of his wackiness here as a product tester who after being dumped by his activist girl friend goes over to a South American country, joins the rebels and ends up becoming the president. the starting scene which is a live assassination and the end scene which shows the live broadcast of Allen's honeymoon night is side splitting. there is a one minute un-credited cameo by Sylvester Stallone as a tough guy who roughs up Allen in a train. the farcical situations are numerous and the satire in Allen comes to the fore in the marvelous court scene where he is gagged and bound and then goes on to tear the witness apart. this is vintage Allen and his fans would rejoice seeing this early work as the hand of the master satirist is clearly visible.
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