If Looks Could Kill
1991 Directed by William Dear
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He's having the adventure of someone else's life.
Michael Corben, along with the rest of his high-school French class, sets out for a trip to France when he is mistaken for an agent of the same name. He is beseiged by both the good guys and the bad guys. British Intelligence outfits him with a series of James-Bond-like gizmos, and Steranko sends more would-be assassins after him. Can Michael stop the evil Steranko's plans for European domination?
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It's a spy movie spoof. Starring Richard Greico. So right there, you should know exactly what you're getting into. And shockingly, what you're getting into isn't all terrible. Granted, you've still got Greico, in all his perfectly-shaped-eyebrows-and-excessive-eyeliner glory, but he's surrounded by some surprisingly good jokes and a cast that's game for the premise and ludicrousness they get put through. While it's certainly not as broad as the Austin Powers series, its humor still skews goofy enough at times to get genuine laughs and the action is appropriately early-90s. Now if only Greico wasn't so smugly punchable...
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There's nothing quite like men in their late 20s-early 30s pretending to be high school students...pretending to be secret agents. As highly enjoyable blocks of cheese go, this is one of the better ones. It's not quite as good a spy spoof as the Austin Powers films (well, the first two anyway) but it's far better than Spy Hard. Plus, it has the Sheriff Of Rottingham from Robin Hood: Men In Tights in it.
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'Whoa! Dude your Dick is on Fire' So the only thing that saves this film is personal nostalgia. Oh and of course the layers of eyeliner sported by Mr. Grieco.
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It's a spy movie spoof. Starring Richard Greico. So right there, you should know exactly what you're getting into. And shockingly, what you're getting into isn't all terrible. Granted, you've still got Greico, in all his perfectly-shaped-eyebrows-and-excessive-eyeliner glory, but he's surrounded by some surprisingly good jokes and a cast that's game for the premise and ludicrousness they get put through. While it's certainly not as broad as the Austin Powers series, its humor still skews goofy enough at times to get genuine laughs and the action is appropriately early-90s. Now if only Greico wasn't so smugly punchable...
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Not very good. Watchable, though.
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".... lets get Greico a mirror." - Dennis Miller, 1991
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High cheese-factor appreciation and plenty of wish-fulfillment.