Unicorn City

Release Date: 1 September

2012 | PG | 98 minutes | £ 19.99 ( DVD)

The geek comedy is now a firmly established independent genre, complete with its own set of clichés: geeky but cute lead; buffoonish sidekick; a weird one; constant cultural references; the geek getting the girl just by being himself.

The bizarre thing is how often it works. Take Unicorn City, which boasts all of the above. A low- budget labour of love about disaffected gamers setting up a Live Action Role Players’ paradise in the woods, it barely has an original frame in its running time. But in places it’s also laugh- outloud funny, especially when the LARPing gets… extreme.

It’s a little flabby in places, and some of the gags are halfhearted, but if you watch with Minus Two Cynicism, there’s a lot of fun to be had.

Extras: A trailer. Dave Golder