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Film
FilmPG-131996
Spy Hard
Directed by Rick Friedberg
The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Steele, also known as Agent WD-40. Rancor needs to obtain a computer circuit for the missile that he is planning to fire, so Steele teams up with Veronique Ukrinsky, a KGB agent whose father designed the chip. Together they try to locate the evil mastermind's headquarters, where Veronique's father and several other… From TMDB
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Spy Hard is a 1996 comedy action film, directed by Rick Friedberg, starring Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan and Charles Durning.
- 57 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Lemmy
- posts span Jul 14, 2022 to Oct 18, 2026
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60 of 66 · most liked firstIf they remake Spy Hard like they did with Naked Gun, let him do the theme song and the lead role.
neutral · AI labelView post →Smash two movies together to make a new movie Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Hard
neutral · AI labelView post →Of course MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE had some competition from SPY HARD, the Leslie Nielsen spy movie parody that soft launched a new generation of spoof merchants.
neutral · AI labelView post →LEONARD, PART 6 SPY HARD Im both instances, I was alone in the theatre. At SPY HARD, an usher entered, saw me, made a surprised noise and left. The movie started a minute later.
neutral · AI labelView post →Spy Hard starting Leslie Nielson. I know this movie is incredibly stupid but it is still funny as hell, and more believable than XXX. youtu.be/VFYP96arSbA?...
positive · AI labelView post →Apparently people deeply hated Leslie Nielsen's Wrongfully Accused, but as someone whose sense of humor was formed by watching Spy Hard about 400 times as a child and who has seen Silence of the Hams, I thought it was a pretty delightful movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Posting a random movie from my library. DAY 24 : Spy Hard Secret Agent WD 40 is on the case when the evil General Rancor threatens to destroy the world. With Leslie Nielsen, Andy Griffith, Charles Durning, Marcia Gay Harden 3 1/2 ⭐️ #filmsky #physicalmedia
positive · AI labelView post →#JulyMovieChallenge Day 23: Spy in a movie Spy Hard #Moviesky #Filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Spy Hard (1996) Why is this the only gif for this movie?
neutral · AI labelView post →From what I can find this would be Spy Hard Scary Movie and sequels Date Movie Epic Movie Meet the Spartans Disaster Movie Vampires Suck The Starving Games Best Night Ever Superfast
neutral · AI labelView post →Spy Hard is the very worst film I've seen at the pictures. Followed by Super Mario Bros. (Bob Hoskins).
negative · AI labelView post →Me, Myself and Irene is the only film I asked for my money back. The Bone Collector runner-up. Worst experiences include Man of Steel (hot theater and noisy audience), The Revenant (someone had a bawling kid), and Spy Hard (got into a fist fight mid-movie)
neutral · AI labelView post →Normal people: *doing things on a Friday night that have nothing to do with the 1996 film Spy Hard* Me: I swear to fucking god the TV edit of Spy Hard they put on ABC has multiple scenes that aren't on the DVD release and this needs to be fixed
neutral · AI labelView post →Sadly, Den of Geek rejected my pitch to rank Hulk Hogan's movie cameos. So here they are: 5) Muppets From Space 4) Gnomeo & Juliet 3) Spy Hard 2) Rocky 3 1) Gremlins 2
neutral · AI labelView post →Spy Hard They did the “show all the funny bits in the trailer” and then forgot to make a funny movie. Peaked with @alyankovic.bsky.social’s song
negative · AI labelView post →I have some basic familiarity with '60s spy stuff. Like I said, I saw Goldfinger in film school but I've also seen like Danger Man and The Prisoner, random Eurospy movies in MST3K, parodies like Get Smart (and modern parodies like Austin Powers and Spy Hard), but...
neutral · AI labelView post →I enjoyed Spy Hard but it’s nowhere near as good as the older movies. Recent spoofs that to me have that played straight charm would be Superhero Movie and Weird: The Al Yankovich Story
neutral · AI labelView post →So, true story, Spy Hard has a shockingly short 77 minute runtime + credits. After editing out bits too saucy for TV and having a movie too short for a two hour block, the ABC telecast of the film on a Friday night actually *inserted* scenes that were missing from the theatrical and home release.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight's movie is Octopussy, the only Bond film which is 100% parody. It's like Spy Hard, but funny. Roger Moore looks bemused throughout, Steven Berkoff is hilariously bad, Louis Jourdan is excellent and Maud Adams is beautiful but underused. Truly bizarre. #jamesbond #007 #rogermoore
neutral · AI labelView post →Also, famously, (within my circle), I had a fist fight during a showing of Spy Hard. Nothing to do with the movie itself, surprisingly.
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s quite funny how no one remember the Leslie Nielsen spoof film “Spy Hard” aside from the opening Weird Al song.
neutral · AI labelView post →Best Bond film opening song was "Spy Hard" by Weird Al.
neutral · AI labelView post →Post a spy. (Movie is "Spy Hard")
neutral · AI labelView post →“Spy Hard” is legitimately a good movie theme song.
neutral · AI labelView post →See I'm imagining a rise and fall tragicomedy, charting the early days working on Spy Hard to the highs of Epic Movie & Date Movie to the lows of the too-late Fast & Furious parody & tragic flop ending of the unreleased Star Wars prequels parody...
neutral · AI labelView post →Maybe add a bonus song. Spy Hard by Weird Al for the Leslie Nelson Bond parody movie Spy Hard
neutral · AI labelView post →For a hot second, I confused Spy Hard with Top Secret! and there was going to be words. But yes, that's a bad movie. The worst movie I ever saw was Wing Commander. So bad that I demanded my money back. "You got in for free." "I deserve something for sitting through that turkey."
negative · AI labelView post →It's a silly mood kind of night. Might binge Weird Al songs, the most recent Weird Al movie, and maybe something like Spy Hard or Top Secret!
neutral · AI labelView post →I imagine you could do this akin to Spy Hard (or any other Leslie Nielsen movie) with a sexy actress that can deliver the same deadpan seriousness.
neutral · AI labelView post →Spy Hard is a stupid movie that's also very fun, lol Plus, it has Weird Al doing the theme song, so how could you hate it after that? 😅😁
positive · AI labelView post →Isn't Tiberius Rancor the villain in the Spy Hard movie?
neutral · AI labelView post →A bonus edition of Movie Reviews Special has landed this month, focusing on Leslie Nielsen. Reviews include: 📺 Forbidden Planet 📺 The Poseidon Adventure 📀 Airplane! 📀 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 📺 Spy Hard #Movies #Films #MovieReviews2025
neutral · AI labelView post →Do you mean Spy Hard, a Leslie Nielsen film?
neutral · AI labelView post →When you try a little too hard to become the next Kevin McCallister. Movie: Spy Hard Year: 1996
neutral · AI labelView post →What an eye-popper! Movie: Spy Hard Year: 1996
neutral · AI labelView post →Spy Hard: A couple of scenes have aged very badly but that aside this is an uneven but extremely funny film. Nielsen is great as usual but it's Griffith and Durning who give it an absurdist heart, in very different ways. Had a ball.
positive · AI labelView post →#NowWatching Spy Hard.
neutral · AI labelView post →We haven't satirized anything since the 90's, and then Spy Hard happened and it all turned into mush. Yes, even Scary Movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) Spy Hard 1080p (iTunes)(AU) AU$4.99 (Comedy) (iMDB) 5.4 Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Charles Durning, Marcia Gay Harden, Barry Bostwick, John Ales
neutral · AI labelView post →Spy Hard very much tries to be a Naked Gun-style movie but it tries too hard, and relies on cameos for a lot of its jokes. The special effects are largely weak, it is very obvious when stunt actors are on screen or people are replaced by dummies. It's okay, just not that strong.
neutral · AI labelView post →"'Spy Hard' debuted 30 years ago." somehow this stings harder than a new masters of the universe movie film
neutral · AI labelView post →I love dumb comedies like this. Airplane. Naked Gun. Spy Hard. Not Another Teen Movie. Scary Movie. And now, evidently, Scary Movie's reboot where they lampoon themselves.
positive · AI labelView post →You know you make me wanna SHOUT! Movie: Spy Hard Year: 1996
neutral · AI labelView post →We also watched Spy Hard during my film festival. It parodies a lot of Bond tropes, but i didn't realize that film's title sequence is taken from the animations of the very first Bond flick. oh the title animation was made by someone named Trevor Bond. That's...that's kind of funny.
neutral · AI labelView post →By the way if you walked in late Allow me to reiterate The name of this movie is Spy Hard They call it Spy Hard You're watching Spy Hard It's the theme from Spy Hard!!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →After seeing and loving the first one I badgered my dad to take me to see Ace Ventura When nature calls, I felt utter shame that I made my dad watch that crap, a trick I repeated a year later when I asked him to take me to watch Spy Hard. Never watched either film again. Sorry Dad, RIP
negative · AI labelView post →the reason this film doesnt look bad in the slightest must be the eye he developed being a cinematographer on: Child's Play 3 Hot Shots! Part Deux The Mask Mortal Kombat Spy Hard Detroit Rock City Joe Dirt The Scorpion King Honey Raise Your Voice
neutral · AI labelView post →Admittingly, I'd like to think of Leslie Nielsen in the mid-90s being in his peak form between this film, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, and Spy Hard.
neutral · AI labelView post →I should have revisited this movie a long time ago! Next I need to rewatch Mafia! and Spy Hard.
positive · AI labelView post →boxofficega.me June 7, 1996 ✅ 200 ✅ 200 ✅ 200 ✅ 195 ✅ 155 ➕ 180 🏆 1130 I tried to guess Spy Hard for no 5 (right studio, but i was off by a week) (Ironically that movie came out the same weekend no 2 did!) (that's crazy!) (Sorry I missed it before it switched over but i guess it serves me right)
neutral · AI labelView post →(And I was gonna again rag on Disney+ Canada for having SPY HARD, but I'm just now finding out it's a Hollywood Pictures release, so it's actually a Disney movie, so...??? Go figure, I guess.)
neutral · AI labelView post →It's funny, because this actor wasn't even in "Getting Even With Dad" or the "My Girl" duology. Movie: Spy Hard Year: 1996
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) Spy Hard (HD/HDX) (SD) is available today on (Vudu) (US) for $5 Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Charles Durning, Marcia Gay Harden, Barry Bostwick, John Ales Genre: (Comedy) (Movies Anywhere) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spy_hard/
neutral · AI labelView post →Not sure exactly where you put the starting point of this one but Airplane begets Leslie Nielsen begets Naked Gun begets Spy Hard which gives us both the “_____ Movie” franchise and the proliferation of the “cutaway gag” in comedy.
neutral · AI labelView post →Spy Hard was "okay" but every single other movie on that list is bereft of value.
neutral · AI labelView post →In the last two days I have watched all but one of Seltzer and Friedberg's entire filmography. From Spy Hard through Epic Movie, Disaster Movie, Vampires Suck, The Starving Games, Date Movie and Meet the Spartans to Superfast!. Pity me. I couldn't find "Best Night Ever" but no great loss.
neutral · AI labelView post →Thuy Trang, the first Yellow Ranger sadly died in a car accident in September 2001 on a hen night/bachelorette party. She was probably the most skilled martial artist of the original cast and had a budding film career with roles in The Crow: City of Angels and Spy Hard. 7/
neutral · AI labelView post →It's getting to comical Bond villain stage. No, comical Spy Hard stage. America is living in a self elected Leslie Nielsen film.
neutral · AI labelView post →Wow, they really DO go back a long way... Movie: Spy Hard Year: 1996
neutral · AI labelView post →Spy Hard is a dreadful film but the scenes between Charles Durning and Barry Bostwick are brilliant. 'I hid for six months from my ex wife's attorney in this outfit'
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