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Rating: 5.4/10 by 651 users

Spy Hard (1996)

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.

Directing:
  • Rick Friedberg
  • Fred Waugh
  • Benjamin Rosenberg
  • Melanie Grefé
  • Chad Rosen
  • Ray Quiroz
Writing:
  • Aaron Seltzer
  • Jason Friedberg
  • Rick Friedberg
  • Dick Chudnow
  • Aaron Seltzer
  • Jason Friedberg
Stars:
Release Date: Fri, May 24, 1996

Rating: 5.4/10 by 651 users

Alternative Title:
Duro de Espiar - BR
Espía como puedas - ES
Spia e lascia spiare - IT
Agent 00 - Stirb dümmer jetzt erst recht - DE

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 21 minutes
Budget: $18,000,000
Revenue: $27,000,000

Plot Keyword: atomic bomb, spoof, james bond spoof
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Nicollette Sheridan
Veronique Ukrinsky
Charles Durning
The Director
Barry Bostwick
Norman Coleman
Andy Griffith
General Rancor
Stephanie Romanov
Victoria / Barbara Dahl
Talisa Soto
Desiree More
Robert Guillaume
Agent Steve Bishop
Esau McKnight
Skippy, Warrior on Cell Phone
Alex Trebek
Agency Tape Recorder (Voice)
Mr. T
Helicopter Pilot
Joyce Brothers
Steele's Tag Team Member
Hulk Hogan
Steele's Other Tag Team Member
Pat Morita
Brian, Waiter in Restaurant
Elizabeth Kaitan
Helicopter Ticket Agent
Alexandra Paul
Woman in Murphy Bed
Michael Berryman
Bus Patron with Oxygen Mask
Eddie Deezen
Rancor Guard Who Gets Spit On
John Kassir
Rancor Guard at Intercom
Elya Baskin
Professor Ukrinsky
Robert Culp
Businessman
Rick Cramer
Heimlich, Rancor Terrorist
Brad Garrett
Short Rancor Guard (Voice)
Kelly Lange
Kelly Lange
Thuy Trang
Manicurist
Austin Kottke
Boy with Balloons
Reid Worthington
Balloon-Popping Boy
Asbjørn 'Bear' Riis
Guard at Rocket (uncredited)

CinemaSerf

I think Leslie Nielsen ought to have re-considered his involvement with this really cringe-making comedy. His "Agent Dick" and "WD40" monikers are the stuff of "Carry On" films, and the rest of the humour and dialogue is almost as childish. It's a "Bond" spoof, right from the Maurice Binder-inspired titles, but the plot is far inferior to even the worst of Ian Fleming's works. Nicolette Sheridan ("Ukrinsky") does her best as his Russian counterpart as they both seek out a not-so-ruthless "Rancor" (Andy Griffith) who, of course, wants to take over the world - but the ensuing escapades border all to often on the ridiculously slapstick. The juice has already been well and truly squeezed from the "Drebin" style of hapless character with the daft expressions and double-entendre ridden lines; and this film seems to go on for far longer than the eighty minutes running time. Maybe it just serves to remind us how entertaining the "Naked Gun" franchise was in the beginning, but I can see little else to applaud with this poorly thought out and really derivative attempt at entertainment.


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