Dick Steele, Agent WD-40 is assigned by his Director, to stop the evil General Rancor from destroying the world. WD-40 believed Rancor was dead and he teams up with the hot K.G.B. Agent Veronique Ukrinsky to find Rancor and save the world. General Rancor is threatening to destroy the world with a missile he is hiding at his secret base. But to complete his goal, he needs a special computer chip, invented by the scientist Prof. Ukrinsky. Special Agent Dick Steele is assigned to the case, in order to prevent the worst. He teams up with Ukrinsky's daughter Veronique, who happens to be a KGB agent. While Spy Hard is nowhere near as funny as the Naked Gun movies, or even as funny as Wrongfully Accused, it has enough laughable moments to make it worth at least some of your money. Okay, I'll be honest, it's only worth about $1.50 of your money. Coincidentally, that's exactly how much I spent seeing it. So I guess what I'm trying to say is that it's worth my money, but probably not yours. Weird Al's theme song is just about the best things about Spy Hard, but there were some other good moments post opening credits.<br/><br/>If you want a really good James Bond spoof, Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery is still the ticket. However, I'd still take Spy Hard over either of the horrible Austin Powers sequels.<br/><br/>And if you're saying to yourself: "Self, I just can't believe a really old looking guy playing a James Bond type character" then I would say that you clearly never saw Roger Moore in A View To A Kill!<br/><br/>SPY HARD= 5/10.<br/><br/>WEIRD AL'S THEME SONG= 10/10.<br/><br/>LESLIE NEILSEN PULLING OFF AN ELDERLY JAMES BOND CHARACTER BETTER THAN ROGER MOORE IN "A VIEW TO A KILL"= 9/10 Promiscuous secret agent Leslie Nielsen (as Dick Steele) comes out of retirement and assumes his spy identity as "WD-40" to battle old enemy Andy Griffith (as Rancor), made-up to look like Leonid Brezhnev and aiming to take over the entire free world. Sexy and snuggly-clothed Nicollette Sheridan (as Veronique Ukrinsky) is Dick's arousing co-spy, and accented John Ales (as Kabul) is a reliable partner. "Weird Al" Yankovic gets things of to a good start with a "Goldfinger" licking good title song. Familiar faces and comic bits keep it fun, through most of the running time.<br/><br/>****** Spy Hard (5/24/96) Rick Friedberg ~ Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, John Ales, Andy Griffith Most of the laughs come near the beginning, before Rick Friedberg's klutzy directing becomes annoyingly monotonous.
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