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Dave Franco joins a host of NFL players and a T-Rex in crazy Bollywood action film-style ad for Madden 16 video game

Published: 19:41 EST, 21 August 2015 | Updated: 23:23 EST, 21 August 2015

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Dave Franco has played some pretty crazy roles in the past - but this one might just take the biscuit.

The fake mini movie is actually an advertisement for video game Madden NFL 16, but it plays out like a Fast And The Furious-meets-Michael Bay Bollywood action film.

It tells the story of Blade Johnson, played by Franco, whose girlfriend Trish - played by WWE superstar AJ Lee - gets kidnapped by an evil villain who demands Franco play against him in the popular football game.

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Off the wall: Dave Franco and Christopher Mintz plasse are joined a host of NFL players and a T-Rex in a Bollywood action film-style ad for the latest Madden 16 video game

Blade and his inexplicably named friend Janet - played by Superbad's Christopher Mintz Plasse - then recruit a team of real life NFL stars to help get her back.

They include New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski as 'Half Top', presumably named after his tight white crop top; Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones as 'Trick Montalban'; Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown as 'Sticky Bun'; and Buffalo Bills coach Rex Ryan as ''Lil Pepper' - who Mintz Plasse is convinced is his father.

The final addition to the team is San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick as 'Al Pacino from Scent Of A Woman' who, complete with dark glasses and blind cane, leaps out of a drifting convertible to deliver a deadpan 'hoo-hah'.

Plot: In the film Superbad's Mintz Plasse - inexplicably named 'Janet' - helps Franco recruit a team of real life NFL stars to help get his kidnapped girlfriend back

Nice outfit: Among the team is New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski as 'Half Top', presumably named after his tight white crop top

Blinding performance: San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's lines are mainly limited to 'hoo-hah'

Drama: Franco's Blade Johnson must train at playing Madden before he faces off against the evil villain

Diva: Franco's girlfriend Trish is played by WWE superstar AJ Lee - but is she the damsel in distress she appears to be

And that's when the movie really gets weird.

Interwoven with Bollywood dance numbers, explosions, football machine guns and Jones karate chopping a henchman exactly 38 times, the team do battle with an evil attack squad until in a dramatic twist, Coach 'Lil Pepper is 'assassinated' by a deadly thrown football to the chest.

The five-minute long clip is interspersed with press praise such as 'impossible to un-watch', 'Cancel awards season... we have a winner' and 'Dave Franco is probably the best actor ever'.

Purple Cobra: Franco appears to channel Ben Stiller's headband and moustache combo from Dodgeball

Brutal: In one scene, Jones karate chopping a henchman exactly 38 times

Taste of India: The five minute film is interwoven with Bollywood dance numbers, explosions and football machine guns

Tour de force: Franco puts in a pity dramatic turn in Madden:The Movie, including when Coach Lil Pepper is murdered by a thrown football

Oscars? The five-minute long clip is interspersed with press praise such as 'impossible to un-watch', 'Cancel awards season... we have a winner' and 'Dave Franco is probably the best actor ever'

Franco admittedly is a tour-de-force, channeling Ben Stiller's headband and moustache combo from Dodgeball.

After a training montage of him relentlessly playing the game, Blade finally confronts the villainous boss - but the final matchup never happens because the Tyrannosaur Mintz Plasse brought along eats him.

It's not the first time Franco has advertised for Madden either; last year he and Kevin Hart performed an almost equally zany rap video to herald the arrival of Madden 15.

Madden NFL 16 PS4 and XBOX One hits shelves this Tuesday

Nods: The whole film plays out like a Fast And The Furious-meets-Michael Bay Bollywood action film.

Still a better love story than Twilight: Best buds Franco and Mintz Plasse are frequent collaborators, and the projects are seldom very serious

Cop out: Blade finally confronts the villainous boss - but the final matchup never happens because the Tyrannosaur Mintz Plasse brought along eats him