Inspired by watching television, Mick and Kev, two suburban boys who are out of work and bored out of their minds, decide to rob a bank. While they make plans for the big day, Mick falls in love, undercover cops get on their trail and a rival bank robber complicates matters. Caesar's screenplay, with its slangy, razor-sharp dialogue, makes for speedy, compelling reading. Deftly plotted, Idiot Box is at once hilarious and scary, so good it's criminal.