At long last, here's conclusive proof of the auteur theory: Take the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker formula (AIRPLANE!, NAKED GUN et al.), subtract Messrs. Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker, and you're left with Leslie Nielsen mugging his way through this thoroughly wretched spy spoof.
Basically a pointless parody of the James Bond films -- which are self-parodies to begin with -- SPY HARD also slings mud at a host of recent Hollywood hits, including PULP FICTION, HOME ALONE, TRUE LIES, SISTER ACT, THE MASK and JURASSIC PARK. Nielsen's schtick is getting pretty threadbare by
now -- his movies used to wring laughs from assaults on his silver-haired dignity, but after years of sc...
Released:
1996
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
81 mins