Oh Shucks! Here Comes UNTAG
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Oh Shucks! Here Comes U.N.T.A.G! (Kwagga Strikes Back in Germany) is a South African comedy film and Leon Schuster
's big screen debut about a rugged farmer named Kwagga 'The Lion-Killer' Robertse having to deal with a corrupt major in the UN peace corps.
sends a platoon of incompetent soldiers with the United Nations Transition Assistance Group
(U.N.T.A.G.), to monitor the peace process, and ensure free and fair elections after the Nambabwean War for Independence
. The U.N.T.A.G's American leader, Major Bradick D. Mackay and his second-in-command, Captain Zapman are offered a diamond worth a lot of money in the U.S., and they must pay 200,000 USD to Duan Robertse, Kwagga's competitive brother trying to buy a farm left to them by their dead father.
Mackay decides to steal the natives' cattle and sell it to rogue guerrilla fighters across the northern border. Kwagga's new friend, Inga Olefse, a lieutenant-doctor for U.N.T.A.G., who is unaware of Mackay's deceit, is kidnapped by the guerrillas but Kwagga rescues her and threatens his brother to not buy their father's farm or he will turn him in to the police. Kwagga, who has fallen in love with Inga, then decides to exact revenge of Mackay by ruining his platoon on the day it is to be inspected by the U.N. commander in charge of operations in Nambabwe. He does this by tricking each incompetent soldier, a Springbuck-obsessed Hollander
, Hendrick van den Ploes by faking his killing of a Springbuck and then covering him in animal blood so animals chase him into the base. He also disguises himself as a high-ranking Indian officer, ordering an automobile-challenged Bangladeshi Sergeant, Rashid to park and hide a tank, because he claims it is threatening to the U.N.'s peace efforts. He then again disguises himself, and sells fake rhino horn to a horn-obsessed Japanese soldier.
Mackay's chances of passing the inspection comes when he ignores an agreement made to his sidekick Zapman, who in turn blows up his office to try steal the diamond they had purchased with the stolen cattle. The U.N.T.A.G. platoon is disbanded, with Kwagga and Inga expressing their feelings for each other. Meanwhile, Mackay and Zapman wonder the Nambabwe desert with the diamond, only to find it is a forgery. As they argue about how angry they are, Kwagga accidentally lets off a cannon he keeps to chase away baboons, which in turn blast Mackay and Zapman to smithereens.
Zapman: Tell them what, sir?
Mackay: Tell them what I just said.
Zapman: In English?
Mackay: No, I tell them in English, you tell them in, say, Finnish
.
Zapman: (To the platoon) Okay, men, we finish!
Mackay: No, translate my speech, tell them I plan to run a tight ship.
Zapman: (Finnish) We are here to build strong boats.
Mackay: We are not here to have a ball.
Zapman: (Finnish) No one is permitted to play football.
Mackay: We're here to kick-ass!
Zapman: (Finnish) We are here to kill all the mules and donkeys!
Ploes: Sir, this Springbuck, how much does it cost?
Kwagga: Its not a Springbuck, it's a Kudu
, and it costs nothing
Ploes: Is it for free?
Kwagga: Ja, free to shoot in the bush, if you can.
Kwagga takes out a gun nonchalantly, Shady notices
Shady: Say, mate, that wouldn't by any chance be a gun, would it?
Kwagga: (Sarcastically) No, mate! (Removes Boer War
-era rifle) This is a gun!
Shady: I've got orders to confiscate any weapons in civilian hands, hand it over.
Kwagga: You touch this gun of mine, I blow your balls back to Brisbane!
Shady: Set us up with a brewsky, mate.
Kwagga gives Shady a Lion brand beer
Shady: Don't you blokes have any Forsters?
Kwagga: In this country we drink Lion and piss Forsters
Leon Schuster
Leon Ernest "Schuks" Schuster is a South African filmmaker, comedian, actor, presenter and singer.- Early life :Schuster was drawn to the filmmaking process at an early age...
's big screen debut about a rugged farmer named Kwagga 'The Lion-Killer' Robertse having to deal with a corrupt major in the UN peace corps.
Plot
Kwagga Robertse owns a farm shop in the fictional Southern African country of Nambabwe and usually cons foreign tourists by pretending to kill a lion, thus earning him the nickname 'Urumbo' (Lion Killer) from the country's natives. Kwagga is upset when the UNUnited Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
sends a platoon of incompetent soldiers with the United Nations Transition Assistance Group
United Nations Transition Assistance Group
The United Nations Transition Assistance Group was a United Nations peacekeeping force deployed from April 1989 to March 1990 in Namibia to monitor the peace process and elections there. Namibia had been occupied by South Africa since 1915, first under a League of Nations mandate and later...
(U.N.T.A.G.), to monitor the peace process, and ensure free and fair elections after the Nambabwean War for Independence
Namibian War of Independence
See also South African Border War.The Namibian War of Independence, also known as the South African Border War, which lasted from 1966 to 1988, was a guerrilla war, which the nationalist South-West Africa People's Organization and others, fought against the apartheid government in South...
. The U.N.T.A.G's American leader, Major Bradick D. Mackay and his second-in-command, Captain Zapman are offered a diamond worth a lot of money in the U.S., and they must pay 200,000 USD to Duan Robertse, Kwagga's competitive brother trying to buy a farm left to them by their dead father.
Mackay decides to steal the natives' cattle and sell it to rogue guerrilla fighters across the northern border. Kwagga's new friend, Inga Olefse, a lieutenant-doctor for U.N.T.A.G., who is unaware of Mackay's deceit, is kidnapped by the guerrillas but Kwagga rescues her and threatens his brother to not buy their father's farm or he will turn him in to the police. Kwagga, who has fallen in love with Inga, then decides to exact revenge of Mackay by ruining his platoon on the day it is to be inspected by the U.N. commander in charge of operations in Nambabwe. He does this by tricking each incompetent soldier, a Springbuck-obsessed Hollander
Dutch people
The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...
, Hendrick van den Ploes by faking his killing of a Springbuck and then covering him in animal blood so animals chase him into the base. He also disguises himself as a high-ranking Indian officer, ordering an automobile-challenged Bangladeshi Sergeant, Rashid to park and hide a tank, because he claims it is threatening to the U.N.'s peace efforts. He then again disguises himself, and sells fake rhino horn to a horn-obsessed Japanese soldier.
Mackay's chances of passing the inspection comes when he ignores an agreement made to his sidekick Zapman, who in turn blows up his office to try steal the diamond they had purchased with the stolen cattle. The U.N.T.A.G. platoon is disbanded, with Kwagga and Inga expressing their feelings for each other. Meanwhile, Mackay and Zapman wonder the Nambabwe desert with the diamond, only to find it is a forgery. As they argue about how angry they are, Kwagga accidentally lets off a cannon he keeps to chase away baboons, which in turn blast Mackay and Zapman to smithereens.
Cast
- Leon SchusterLeon SchusterLeon Ernest "Schuks" Schuster is a South African filmmaker, comedian, actor, presenter and singer.- Early life :Schuster was drawn to the filmmaking process at an early age...
as Kwagga Robertse - Karl JohnsonKarl JohnsonKarl Johnson is a Welsh actor, notable for acting on stage, film and television. He is the recipient of an honorary doctorate from Birmingham City University. His most notable role to date was the title role in Derek Jarman's 1993 film Wittgenstein...
as Maj. Braddock D. Mackay - Bill FlynnBill FlynnBill Flynn was a South African actor and comedian. He was born in Cape Town and matriculated from Plumstead High School...
as Capt. Zapman - Kurt Egelhof as Sgt. Rashid
- Casper de VriesCasper de VriesCasper De Vries is a South African actor, comedian, entertainer, composer, director, producer and author of sketches famous for his Afrikaans one man shows.-Background:...
as Hendrik Ploes - Thomas Mogotlane as Vimba
- Michelle Bestbier as Inge Olefse
- Rob Smerczak as Nigel Shady
- Eric Nobbs as Duan Robertse
- Graham ClarkeGraham ClarkeGraham Clarke is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and entertainer. Active since 1995 and performing frequently in the New York metropolitan area, Clarke is regarded as one of New York's most popular and long-lasting children's entertainers and recording artists having played well over...
as Guerilla Cattle Thief
Quotes
Mackay: I'm here to run a tight ship! (to Zapman) Tell them.Zapman: Tell them what, sir?
Mackay: Tell them what I just said.
Zapman: In English?
Mackay: No, I tell them in English, you tell them in, say, Finnish
Finnish language
Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
.
Zapman: (To the platoon) Okay, men, we finish!
Mackay: No, translate my speech, tell them I plan to run a tight ship.
Zapman: (Finnish) We are here to build strong boats.
Mackay: We are not here to have a ball.
Zapman: (Finnish) No one is permitted to play football.
Mackay: We're here to kick-ass!
Zapman: (Finnish) We are here to kill all the mules and donkeys!
Ploes: Sir, this Springbuck, how much does it cost?
Kwagga: Its not a Springbuck, it's a Kudu
Kudu
The kudus are two species of antelope of the genus Tragelaphus:*Lesser Kudu, Tragelaphus imberbis*Greater Kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros- Etymology :...
, and it costs nothing
Ploes: Is it for free?
Kwagga: Ja, free to shoot in the bush, if you can.
Kwagga takes out a gun nonchalantly, Shady notices
Shady: Say, mate, that wouldn't by any chance be a gun, would it?
Kwagga: (Sarcastically) No, mate! (Removes Boer War
Boer War
The Boer Wars were two wars fought between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics, the Oranje Vrijstaat and the Republiek van Transvaal ....
-era rifle) This is a gun!
Shady: I've got orders to confiscate any weapons in civilian hands, hand it over.
Kwagga: You touch this gun of mine, I blow your balls back to Brisbane!
Shady: Set us up with a brewsky, mate.
Kwagga gives Shady a Lion brand beer
Shady: Don't you blokes have any Forsters?
Kwagga: In this country we drink Lion and piss Forsters