It is full of great scenes, notably the surgery done from a manual ("can you hurry it up a bit, I'm getting hungry"), the parachuting into Afghanistan and the constant slacker wisecracking of Chevy Chase ("I know the test backwards... I've taken it 3 times already").

Switch off the more critical faculties, and enjoy the film for what it is - honest 1980s cold war paranoia ridiculousness.

Joel

Funniest thing of the eighties...
Review date: 2003-02-24 Rating: 10 out of 10

This is a real treat - two of the funniest guys in the world, on cracking form and it is a rare opportunity.

This is about two government officials (Chase and Akroyd) who are going nowhere with their careers, and all of a sudden they are sent out as Level 1 operatives into the middle of the USSR on a mission of vital importance. Why? Seeing as they are both bungling idiots. Because they are being used as decoys. There is another mission being led by two REAL operatives and Chase and Akroyd are merely being used to divert the attention away from the important US agents.

Sound complicated? It really isn't. And I have ruined any plot at all.

There is loads to this film.

And so our two "heros" find themselves lost in the middle of nowhere, scraping around for help and clues, sticking out like MASSIVE sore thumbs and there is a really good laugh around every corner.

This film is clever, attractive and absolutely hilarious.

Watch it over and over again.

Massive fan...

Product Details/Specifications