Perhaps that's why it looked so idiotic to me, because i missed the opening, and didn't know he'd been transported back in time--i.e., i didn't know we were working with a sci-fi premise. But i figured it out in minutes, and he didn't. What kind of cop is this, i asked myself (when i realized he was supposed to be a cop), who isn't sufficiently resourceful to deal with the situation, doesn't recognize the culture of his youth, and isn't clever enough to dissemble in a strange situation. (Think Richard Prior and Gene Wilder walking through the prison, scared to death, saying: "We cool . . . we bad . . . ") By the time he got to the squad room (or whatever the Limeys call that) and was still playing little boy lost, i'd had enough. The brutal detective inspector (reminded me of the narcissistic young cop at the beginning of "A Clockwork Orange") was the last straw for me, so i shut it off.
