Fridae

Jack Neo is back with another soft social satire, this time involving civil servants and government red-tape. Fann Wong plays a junior manager at a government agency who is a stickler for rules. Gurmit Singh plays a low-level technician working for the same agency who never plays by the rules.

The two inevitably clash. When she threatens to cut his bonus, he chases her in his van. An accident occurs, and the two switch souls. Gurmit's soul is now trapped in Fann's body, and vice versa. Forced to walk in the other's shoes, they come to a better understanding of each other's point of view and position in the company.

Although the concept of soul-switching is sooo old (think Freaky Friday from 1976 and Like Father Like Son from 1987), Jack still manages to wring out some pungent jokes about the government and the civil service in the first half of the movie. By the last quarter, however, Jack starts to bootlick the government by assuring us how excellent and fair and all-knowing our leaders are.

Just Follow Law may please viewers looking for a good dose of local humour, but any discerning mind can see what a sycophant Jack has become. Just Follow Law is not so much a real film with real characters, as it is a not-so-veiled tribute to the Singapore civil servants and bureaucrats. Is this a movie or propaganda? The movie's only saving grace is Fann Wong, who's actually funny.