Panic Mechanic (1997)

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 Its not long before Schucks discovers his new boss Jack Paddaman is as crooked as they come but its too late the employment contract is signed and sealedA year passes and Schucks is no better off However his candid camera videos which poke fun at all sectors of post1994 South Africa prove a big hit with stressedout 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 rollinthe aisles comedy with a distinctly South African flavour