As the two try to get back to the present time, they keep getting stuck in movies of the past as token Black characters.

A French special agent saunters off to Cairo with orders to "make the Middle East safe" and sets about offending women, Muslims and anyone else who isn't an unreconstructed French 1950s male.

Filmmaking is an art and not every work can please the audience. Comedy is a genre where getting the audience laughed is a validation and a mark of success. It is not easy to tickle a funny bone!