Sacha Baron Cohen is at it again folks only this time he is accompanied by a strong sidekick in his latest character driven feature, The Brothers Grimsby. A uproarious raunchy, and at times severely disgusting comedy that takes many low jabs at Daniel Radcliffe, Donald Trump and Bill Cosby. Cohen always strives for the characters he creates, whether it’s Borat or Ali G.

In this spoof Cohen is Nobby a low-class Brit who has about nine kids, a deep obsession for soccer and his girlfriend Dawn (Rebel Wilson) – oh and he also has been waiting for his brother Sebastian (Mark Strong) to come home. ​

It has been 28 years since Sebastian disappeared of the face of the earth when the two were youngsters. Sebastian is a working class, covert MI6 agent who has been tasked with identifying a worldwide pandemic that could give everyone the AIDS virus. Nobby catches word that his brother will be in England and proceeds to track him down, only to get himself caught in the middle of a very tense gun fight, leaving Sebastian framed for something he did not do. This forces the two men to go on the run into hiding.

Directed By Louis Leterrier, which is different than Cohen’s usual collaborator Larry Charles and is penned by Cohen himself, for which he leaves nobody unscathed. I don’t want to reveal some of the gags in the film, but let’s just say most of these things can’t be unseen. I never thought in my wildest dreams I would ever see Mark Strong do some of the things he does for a laugh, but goodness some of this material is really, really funny. The R rating is pushed to great lengths here.

That all is attributed to the absolute devotion that Cohen puts in his characters, it’s because he immerses himself 110% and it makes his movies watchable. The Brothers Grimsby does evoke some morbid disgust more than laughing disgust, and the term “raunchy” perhaps may need to be redefined after seeing this movie, but I must give credit to this crew for not being afraid to do anything…and I MEAN ANYTHING for a solid laugh.

While I do think Austin Powers spoofed this genre better, and I feel The Brothers Grimsby was all over the place in terms of scale, setting and logistics. And most of the actual plot takes a back seat to the wild antics these two find themselves in. I suppose a movie like this doesn’t rely heavily on plot, but if you’re going to do that, the gags need to be stronger and not just scatological.

Then again, sometimes you just have to respect the boundaries that some will go in order to tweak the funny bone, and there was enough here that I laughed to warrant a mild recommendation. Donald Trump supporters may roll their eyes in disbelief, but then again this movie is not for everyone. So do yourself a favor and don’t take the grandmother to see this one. B-