From Russia with Gloves

From Russia with Gloves is the fifth episode of Mischief Movie Night's first series. It is a Spy Thriller set in the rainforest. The title is a reference to the second James Bond film 'From Russia with Love'.

The movie won numerous awards including, the loneliest conga line, the shortest song about mushrooms as well as the best use of a distant uncle in a plot twist. Notably it starred Trev, Nev, and Bev — one who always tells the truth, one who always lies, and one who always breaks into song for no reason in addition to Koalas.

Summary
Agent Cumberbatch and her Koala companion are highly decorated secret agents. They undertake a top secret mission to defeat Madame Gloves, her arch nemesis who killed her lover years ago. On the way she has to fight, bureaucratic incompetence, rhyming henchmen and her Koala being in love with her.

Plot
As the film opens, we see a montage of Agent Valerie Cumberbatch's previous missions, namely her defeat of a drug baron, and her apparent killing of master criminal Madame Glove through the use of a grenade in the face. She toasts the mission's success with her superior, L, as well as her co-agent, Koala Jeffries, who has been taught English. L informs Cumberbatch that Madame Glove has resurfaced in the Amazon and that Cumberbatch must leave right away. Jeffries, who is sweet on Cumberbatch, is upset that they will not be able to take the holiday they planned, but Cumberbatch is adamant to avenge Agent Carlotta, her former lover who Glove killed on their last mission.

At Madame Glove's hideout, she is attended by her four henchmen, Trev (who always tells the truth), Nev (who always lies), Bev (who frequently breaks out into song) and Kev (who only speaks broken French.) After discovering Cumberbatch's calling card in the mail, a frustrated Glove kills Nev, before Trev kills Kev and shoots himself in the head, but is protected by a metal helmet. After a jazzy musical number, Glove vows to defeat Cumberbatch once and for all.

Cumberbatch and Jeffries are flown first-class to Moscow, where they meet Giles the gadget technician, who shows them his latest device, a booby-trapped glove, and informs the agents that he has booked them into the Hotel de Moscow. An irate Trev (masquerading as an MI6 agent) appears and berates Giles for flying the agents out to Russia when Glove has been stated to be in Peru, and the agents are flown back again while Giles is demoted.

On the plane, Cumberbatch reveals she has signed Jeffries up to a koala dating app. He is disappointed, but gives it a try and soon finds a koala named Cindy - though it is quickly revealed that Cindy is actually a creepy zookeeper called Colin. They arrive in Peru where they encounter Madam Glove's new drugs couriers, a bunch of polyamorous, terrified and spaced out koala bears, who lead them into an ambush at Glove's treehouse. Giles bursts in to help them and performs a one-man conga, but Glove blasts him an exploding glove and he sings a short song about mushrooms before collapsing. Trev slits Jeffries throat just as Cumberbatch vows her love for him. However, as Glove gloats and Trev points his gun at Cumberbatch, he suddenly throws it to his "long lost nephew", the not actually injured Jeffries, who shoots Glove. Giles is also revealed to still be alive, and is promoted several levels. Cumberbatch and Jeffries finally head off on their holidays, together for the rest of their lives.

Cast

 * Bryony Corrigan as Agent Valerie Cumberbatch
 * Henry Shields as Koala Jeffries/Polyamorous Koala Bear
 * Lauren Shearing as Madame Glove/Polyamorous Koala Bear
 * Mike Bodie as L/Drug Baron
 * Joshua Elliott as Kev/Spaced Out Koala Bear/Polyamorous Koala Bear
 * Henry Lewis as Trev/Colin/Spaced Out Koala Bear/Documentary Voiceover/Customs Official/Foldout Bed
 * Harry Kershaw as Giles/Airplane Steward/Polyamorous Koala Bear
 * Ellie Morris as Bev/Drug Baron's Henchman/Customs Official/Polyamorous Koala

Songs

 * 1) The Woman Shaped Like A Hand
 * 2) Bev Who Breaks Into Brief Songs
 * 3) Goodbye Bev
 * 4) From Russia With Glove