Time Bandits

A curious boy named Kevin is whisked away from his dreary English home by six mischievous dwarfs who have stolen/borrowed a map from the Supreme Being. The map reveals time holes that allow them to travel through history where they meet Robin Hood, King Agamemnon, and Napoleon and steal their treasures. However, the Supreme Being really wants his map back and continually interrupts Kevin and the time bandits as they rob their way through time.

Considering this Sci-Fi comedy appears to be an offering from some of the Monty Python lot, it is an enormous disappointment. The Sci-Fi is nonsense, and the comedy non-existent. It has several famous names, including John Cleese and Sean Connery, but you are just left with a feeling of slight surprise that such actors were prepared to appear in a film which comes over just as a bit of a mess. Very missable.