Israeli commando Zohan Dvir (Adam Sandler), known as The Zohan, is his country's most famous counter-terrorist.

Highly skilled and seemingly indestructible, The Zohan is as equally adept with the ladies as he is with taking out his enemies, including his nemesis, the Palestinian terrorist Phantom (John Turturro).

But The Zohan has a secret ... though he loves his country, he is tired of fighting and he dreams of making a break from the army and becoming a hairstylist.

The Zohan gets his chance when Phantom resurfaces. Instead of taking him out, The Zohan fakes his own death and escapes, stowing away on a plane to New York.

The Zohan’s first stop is the Paul Mitchell salon, where he takes on his cover identity, Scrappy Coco.

Scrappy is mocked for his outdated ways, but The Zohan will not be stopped in his quest to make the world silky smooth.

After being rejected by salon after salon, The Zohan finally gets his foot in the door ... of a run-down salon run by a Palestinian.

At first, The Zohan is hesitant – he came here to get away from the fighting. The salon’s owner, Dalia (Emmanuelle Chriqui) also has reservations – after all, Scrappy Coco has no cutting hair experience.

In pursuit of his ultimate dream, The Zohan perseveres and Dalia relents.

With his first client in the chair, The Zohan rises to the occasion and his client, enraptured by The Zohan’s sexy talk, loves the results. Word spreads and business is soon booming.

But trouble looms when Salim (Rob Schneider), a Palestinian cab driver with a long-held grudge against the former army commando, recognises The Zohan.

After a few misguided attempts at taking him out, Salim alerts Phantom that The Zohan is still alive, and soon, the infamous terrorist is winging his way to the Big Apple.

For The Zohan, this is a disaster, not because he is scared, but because he came to America to put all of the fighting behind him.

What he doesn’t expect is that he and Phantom will be forced to unite against a common enemy that threatens to tear his new neighbourhood apart.

You Don't Mess With The Zohan is rated M and is screening at Birch Carroll & Coyle.

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