Rotten
The jokes come in sporadic volleys rather than the steady machine-gun pace of The Naked Gun and Airplane!, and, with a few exceptions, they are less truly aimed.
Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer
Spy Hard
All the action. All the women. Half the intelligence.
1996 · 1h 21m · PG-13
Action, Comedy
Directed by
Rick Friedberg
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Spy Hard
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Rick Friedberg Director
- Leslie Nielsen as Dick Steele
- Nicollette Sheridan as Veronique Ukrinsky
- Charles Durning as The Director
- Marcia Gay Harden as Miss Cheevus
- Barry Bostwick as Norman Coleman
- John Ales as Kabul
- Andy Griffith as General Rancor
- Elya Baskin as Professor Ukrinsky
- Mason Gamble as McCluckey
- Stephanie Romanov as Victoria / Barbara Dahl
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
7%
Tomatometer
Rotten
As funny as Nielsen can be, like all comic actors he still needs the quick-thinking jokes and zingy one-liners to be genuinely funny.
John Petrakis, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
Spy Hard just comes off as a long commercial. And yes, that means most of the best moments you've seen in the movie's trailer.
Doug Thomas, Seattle Times
Fresh
More of a cinematic joke book than a real movie, Spy Hard hits you with gags faster than Henny Youngman on speed. Even when individual bits misfire, the unrelenting barrage of silliness can break down your resistance.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
Spy Hard is a loose send-up of the Bond series and other overly expensive action flicks, but after Hot Shots! Part Deux and National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 who needs another action parody?
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
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