Spy Hard

1996 "All the action. All the women. Half the intelligence."
5.3| 1h21m| PG-13| en
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The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Steele, also known as Agent WD-40. Rancor needs to obtain a computer circuit for the missile that he is planning to fire, so Steele teams up with Veronique Ukrinsky, a KGB agent whose father designed the chip. Together they try to locate the evil mastermind's headquarters, where Veronique's father and several other hostages are being held.

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Jeanskynebu the audience applauded
Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined
Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
OllieSuave-007 This is one of a large handful of spoof films starring Leslie Nielson. This time, Nielson is spy Agent Dick Steele, WD-40 and is on a mission to save the world from General Rancor (Andy Griffith), who wants to destroy the world with a missile that can only be assessed with a special computer trip kept hidden by its inventor, Professor Ukrinsky (Elya Baskin), who wants to use the computer trip for more peaceful purposes. Along the way, Steele teams up with Ukrinsky's daughter, KGB agent Veronique Ukrinsky, Agent 3.14.As with any Nielson spoofs, there are non-stop laughs from start to finish that will have you horse-laughing and holding your stomaches. Slapstick humor is abundance here, from bumping into sliding glass doors to rolling down a street on an ambulance stretcher. However, the slapstick humor is done tastefully in a way that is doesn't get borderline annoying (i.e., forced comedy).The characters are calm and serious in their demeanor, especially Nielson, believing that they are really out on a classified mission, which gives this spoof the perfect balance of sensitivity and comedy. Actors in some other spoofs like Epic Movie and Meet the Spartans know they are appearing in a spoof movie, so they forced themselves to act stupid and go overboard on the slapstick comedy. As a result, this gives the audience a tasteless film.It is fun to see this movie reference many other movies including Jurassic Park, Home Alone, True Lies, Sister Act and the James Bond films. The nuns using machine guns, 'Weird Al' Yankovic's James Bond-like opening song sequence and Dick Steele riding a Marines fighter jet are some of my favorite parts, as well as seeing Dick Steele's sidekick Kabul (John Ales) drive up in a different car in each of his different scenes.While entertaining, this movie is a little the short side, clocking at 81 minutes, which doesn't give much room for plot and character development and more laughs. Therefore, I felt the story was a little rushed-through. But, other than that, this is an enjoyable movie with some of Nielson's finest moments.Grade B
gavin6942 General Rancor (Andy Griffith) is threatening to destroy the world with a missile he is hiding at his secret base. But to complete his goal, he needs a special computer chip, invented by Prof. Ukrinsky. Special Agent Dick Steele (Leslie Nielsen) is assigned to the case, in order to prevent the worst.The humor of this film is similar to other Nielsen flicks -- slapstick, cheesy and sometimes downright stupid. It is a far many rungs down the ladder from "Airplane!" or "Naked Gun", though still a step up from "Dracula Dead and Loving It" (with all due respect to Mel Brooks).While there are many funny moments, something about it seems cheap and many of the movie parodies are just not well done. The "Home Alone" parody is overdone, and so is the "Sister Act" bit, whereas "Speed", "Pulp Fiction" and "Jurassic Park" may have been just right.Special credit goes to Pat Morita for playing Brian the gay waiter. It may be a bit part, but it was a good bit part.
Welshfilmfan I am a huge Leslie Nielsen Fan, I find his deadpan delivery hilarious, and count The Naked Gun Trilogy among my Favourite Movies, but this Hit and mostly miss spoof, is pretty dire in comparison.The Zucker Brothers & Pat Proft are sorely missed here as this was written by Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer the two responsible for raping my senses with some dire spoofs namely Date Movie, Epic Movie & Disaster Movie - Having seen most of their slapdash spoofs I have to say that 'Spy Hard' is their best, though that's not saying a great deal, I actually remember watching this at my local theater when it first came at the tender age of 11 or 12 and at the time I remember thinking this was great, my taste in the quality of Films has improved in the years since.This is effectively a Bond Movie spoof capitalising on the fact that Bond made a comeback the year before, but this is pretty dire stuff and the only reason to watch this is for Nielen's performance but this is really below him.There isn't really a coherent plot it's just a slapdash effort spoofing other films including Home Alone & Speed (1994) which has Ray Charles driving a bus, yes I get it he's blind...funny stuff, NOT! and it's really scraping the barrel with cameos by Hulk Hogan & Mr. T.Andy 'Matlock' Griffith is not only slumming it but hamming up to ridiculous proportions... In the Naked Gun Trilogy, yeah the bad guys were tongue in cheek, but Griffith is painful and worst off all totally unfunnyexample of 'JOKES'Agent 3.14: Have a nice flight, and I wish you adieu Dick Steele: Thank you, but I am quite satisfied with the do I have. OH GOD!! How hilariously...unfunny....can't believe I liked this even when I was 12.It gets a 5 from me purely because Nielsen saves it from being a completely unwatchable Disaster.
pmdawn I love this kind of movie - parodies. All the way from Kentucky Fried Movie to Meet The Spartans, I'm a huge fan of the genre, despite some real turkeys amongst them.Leslie Nielsen is THE FACE of parody movies. Despite a great movie as young actor (Forbidden Planet), it's really because of comedies that he is well known. He knows how to play the character straight-faced and has great timing. Hell, just looking at his face makes me laugh. But his success largely depends on the screen writing. With ZAZ, they were a comical dream team. In the case of Spy Hard, a parody of James Bond movies (as well as many others), the result is very uneven. I'll say this: the jokes were mostly good, but the plot was terrible. If this was a series of sketches a la Kentucky Fried Movie, it would be much better.So I'll tell you what to expect - absurdity, silliness and laughs. If you like this type of movie, go for it. Unfortunately it just isn't good enough to be put on the same level as the better parodies out there.It's nice fun for a lazy afternoon, but not memorable by any means.5/10