Elvis Has Left The Building (2004)

A traveling cosmetics saleswoman (Kim Basinger) accidentally sets an Elvis impersonator (Richard Kind) on fire and he is burned to death. But that's only the beginning as she inadvertently leaves a trail of dead Elvis impersonators in her wake. Two FBI agents (Mike Starr, Phill Lewis) are on the case trying to track down the Elvis impersonator serial killer! Directed by Joel Zwick (MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING), this black comedy has a marvelous premise. Who doesn't want the Earth rid of the scourge of Elvis impersonators? But this is a botched opportunity. It's not the game cast who all work overtime at giving it their damnedest. I'm not even sure if it's the uneven script. I'm laying the blame right at the feet of Joel Zwick's lackluster direction and who can't seem to get a rhythm going and his pacing is way off. This should have been a frantic farce along the lines of IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD or THE RUSSIAN ARE COMING. Still, it's hard to begrudge a film with such an outrageous premise. The large supporting cast includes Tom Hanks, Angie Dickinson, John Corbett, Annie Potts, Sean Astin, Denise Richards, Wayne Newton, Pat Morita and Billy Ray Cyrus.