Awesome Movie

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I've only seen this MSTied. As far as I know it's impossible to get this otherwise. The MSTK version is hilarious and I've seen it several times. During those viewings I did realize the film had some potential but any chance it had was shot down by several illogical story elements: 1) OK, we have this defected scientist who is aware of a plan by the Soviet Union to dust our crops with a deadly spore, yet upon making his way to America he says nothing of the danger because he's working on a antidote. What?? So what if your antidote isn't successful, doctor? What if they strike before it's ready? Maybe you should tell somebody, hmmm? 2) Well, our trusty agent from H.A.R.M. comes to pay our good doctor a visit. Upon learning of the Commie plan, our agent informs his obviously drunk boss. But instead of informing the President, or State Department, or somebody with diplomatic pull, they go on with their spy game. Hey maybe if the president gives the Soviets a call telling them they know about the spore and the plan to use them, the Soviets would call it off, after all they're risking all out nuclear war with the U.S. But noooo....3) The Soviet henchman Malko, shows his hand way too early--like near the beginning of the film. He kills the doctor's assistant with a spore gun which obviously would tip of the doctor that the Soviets are on to him. Malko is taking an absurd risk--the good defected scientist might tell somebody. However, the Soviets aren't worried. The good doctor keeps this to himself.So the continuing parade of illogic shoots down any potential this clunker had. So if somehow you find a copy of this unMSTied, Gerd your Oswald, because you're in for a tough one.

As with many cinematic stinkers, I never would have encountered this one if it hadn't been for MST3K. Perhaps in editing the movie for the show the producers had to cut out the part of the flick that explained what H.A.R.M. stood for, if such an explanation was ever given at all.One could tell this was going to blow chunks from the tone set by the opening scene, with the elderly dude and his assistant fleeing through a culvert, being chased by a lone Soviet soldier armed with an American battle rifle (seeing as how the credits so kindly thanked Colt Firearms for the weapons used in the film, I guess I'll have to overlook that faux pas, seeing as how the mini pistol carried by the 'Agent for H.A.R.M. was so non-descript as to leave me guessing who might have manufactured it).The rest of the movie was quite unintentionally funny, from the drunk sounding spymaster to the evil henchman who resembled Prince, to the much maligned cardigan worn by our hero Adam Chance. Although at his age, bones chill more easily, so I can understand his choice of such a sensible garment, although he could have picked a better color than that gawdawful yellow. The one shining spot in this whole mess was Eva, who, despite being a dirty commie spy, was pretty hot. I sure miss the Cold War, don't you?

Another triumph for MST3K (how do they manage to FIND these lousy movies?), as they make succotash of this lame-brained spy flick. The main character, Adam Chance, smirks and swaggers throughout with what is supposed to be dangerous charm. Considering his age (and the bots point out several times that he must be wearing a girdle) the result is painfully embarrassing, especially when two nubile cuties keep falling into his arms - ugh! The storyline is disjointed and confusing; and Russian scientist who has defected seems always to be in deadly peril, but he manages to escape the villains by - not being home when they come to call. Wow, those secret agents sure do earn their paycheck, don't they? The villains are unbelievably obvious, especially the "boss", who telegraphs his anti-democratic bona fides by mincing around effetely, smoking a cigarette in a long holder, and making his telephone calls on an antique candlestick phone! How unAmerican can you get?In the end, the story just sort of peters out. The scientist has created an antidote against a deadly flesh-eating disease, but when he tries to use it on himself, the antidote doesn't work and he dies. The excuses for this failure are meandering and lame - maybe the change of pressure when he was brought to the hospital in a plane affected the antidote, maybe there never was an antidote...who knows? So the whole secret agent mission was a complete failure, and the world is still at risk. Thank goodness this never became a series, with the viewers watching the free world being failed by its most fearsome line of defence every week.

I first saw this movie on Mystery Science Theater 3000. I especially enjoyed the lines where Mike and the Bot's made fun of the guy who looked like Prince. Servo: "Let's eat our dinner in a fancy restaurant!" Hehehehe. Otherwise, the regular film was just crap. Mike: "He made his own gravy!" :)