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It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Spy Hard (1996): Dir: Rick Friedberg / Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Andy Griffith, Nicolette Sheridan, Charles Durning, Marcia Gay Harden: Carbon copy of the superior Naked Gun comedies that also showcased the absent-minded slapstick humour of Leslie Nielsen. It is a direct spoof of James Bond films with lashes at other films particularly Die Hard. Nielsen stars as secret agent WD-40 better known as Dick Steele who is called upon to rescue Barbara Dahl from a past villain. Dahl is the daughter of a past deceased girlfriend. Premise wears thin and jokes become forced. Director Rick Friedberg has fun with the parodies with effective setups to other films, but too much is familiar. Nielsen seems in on the joke here and is never as funny as his Frank Drebin role from The Naked Gun films. Andy Griffith is also distant as the villain with artificial arms. Nicolette Sheridan is wasted as a Bond bombshell whose seduction is no match for any Bond girls. Charles Durning as Steele's boss inspires some comic wit with his constant hideouts but the role is otherwise standard. Marcia Gay Harden also has the comic chops but in the wrong movie for it. It is indeed a spoof of James Bond films with a few funny moments but Nielsen is far better in The Naked Gun films where characters seem broader. This spy contraption is a horrid carbon copy that is about as artificial as the villain's arms. Score: 4 / 10

First:Sorry about my bad English,i'm not American! If you know Leslie Nielsen's previous spoof/comedy films,you could expect something very funny this time,but,that's not what you get,instead,we get a movie that tries as much as it can to be like "airplane",and mainly "naked gun".It's pretty clear that this movie writers were influenced by the ZAZ team.But,they sure don't know how to handle the style of humor that may had seemed easy on their minds.We do receive nonsense,double-sense,jokes a second and other characteristics that made movies like "Naked Gun","Airplane" and "hot shots!" so great,but,in this one all of these characteristics had been used out of context and not well-used as the movies mentioned. Sure,this film has great jokes,some even clever,but all of them are in the trailer,so,my tip for you is watch the trailer,then watch this movie online till the great opening with "weird" Al,you will see all you need

Written by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer(talentless hacks as far as I am concerned) and directed by Rick Friedberg, even with the major flaws Spy Hard is not a bad movie. I will admit I was expecting it to be a lot worse, you see Friedberg and Seltzer directed Disaster Movie and Epic Movie which are two of the worst movies ever made, Meet the Spartans which fares little better and Date Movie and Vampires Suck while lame was the best of the lot(I have to re watch the Scary Movie flicks). So I was expecting something unwatchable.So I was surprised at how moderately entertaining Spy Hard was. It does have its problems I agree. The story is predictable and rather rushed in the pace not helped by its scant length. The direction is also not the best, sometimes it is efficient but at other times it is patchy. But the worst part of Spy Hard is the juvenile and often unfunny dialogue which shows Friedberg and Seltzer's weaknesses for writing as well as directing.That said, despite the bad dialogue at times, there are some funny sight gags and the references to the spy genre weren't too obvious and fun to spot. The film doesn't look like direct-to-video fodder either, which is a good thing. The editing mayn't be the best, but when it comes to the sets, costumes, gadgetry and some of the photography it is pretty spot on. The soundtrack is reminiscent in style to a James Bond outing such as For Your Eyes Only, and while I am not a fan of that particular score the music was fun to listen to here and I liked its style. The acting compared to any of the films Friedberg and Seltzer directed is pretty good, Leslie Nielson is great when funny and he is rather here with a fun enough character. This performance is far from his best such as Airplane and Naked Gun, but at least he didn't embarrass himself as badly as he did when he did 2001:A Space Travesty. Charles Durning and Nicolette Sheridan are decent too and there are some interesting cameos from Robert Culp and Fabio.Overall, surprisingly watchable compared to the clap-trap I was expecting. 6/10 Bethany Cox

spy hard is a funny spoof starring laugh master leslie nielsen and while it's not as funny as his police squad works it has some great laughs none the less, there is virtually no plot just gag after gag, some fail, but most work, thankfuly its short running time doesn't let it get repetitive. we all know what to expect from a leslie nielsen movie and spy hard delivers the usaul dose of leslie nielsen type comedy, sure its of a certain taste but trust me when your in the mood, they deliver the goods. spy hard is a decent comedy and has enough laughs but trust me its no classic, but if your a leslie nielsen fan as i am, then it's definitely one for the collection.