TONIGHT'S Good Morning Vietnam (Pearl, 9.45pm, Original Running Time 108 mins) is Robin Williams' movie all the way. He plays motor-mouthed disc jockey Adrian Cronauer who's dumped in Saigon in 1965 complete with non-issue uniform and identical attitude.
His manic monologues are achingly funny and outrageous - and apparently far better than the real Adrian Cronauer on whom the movie's based. Williams sends up the Vietnam conflict as part Wizard of Oz, part fashion show (''the enemy's wearing black . . . casual during the day but dress it up with a simple string of pearls and you're ready for a night out'').
The actor employs a similar kaleidoscope of characters in his voice-over for the Genie in Walt Disney's latest animated feature Aladdin .
Williams' tour de force performance, as well as some great 60s soul sounds, largely disguises a weak storyline, which too neatly allows viewers a glimpse of Vietnam's lighter and darker sides, via a sweet Vietnamese girl for whom Cronauer falls, and her VC-connected brother.
Often the musical interludes are largely irrelevant, but they look and sound great.
FOUR years in the making, The Gods Must Be Crazy II (World, 9.30pm, ORT 97 mins) is a follow-up to the original surprise hit comedy and again stars N!Xau as the innocent Kalahari bushman.
This sequel comprises several inter-mingling tales involving a high-powered American businesswoman who's stranded in the desert; poachers seeking elephant tusks; the accidental kidnapping of N!Xau's children; and two soldiers who keep attempting to take each other hostage.