Spies Like Us | | Cast : | Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd | | Director : | John Landis | | Studio : | Warner Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby | | Released Date : | December 06, 1985 | | DVD Released Date : | February 08, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Original Language), English (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | November 16, 2004 | | Summary | The first step in the operation is to shave the patient | Content
 | Emmett Fitz-Hume (Dan Aykroyd) and (Chevy Chase) Austin Millbarge are looking for a new life and find it in the CIA. They are so good they are rushed through training. They are dropped off in the desert to perform a mission. Natural adapters they find their skills get them into and out of all situations Hope/Crosby style. Little do they know they are decoys? Speaking of Bob Hope, be sure to notice the key part he plays in this movie.
Will they complete their mission?
Or will they figure out who the decoys are?
Where is the real team?
Is there be something more sinister afoot?
Can you sing "Soul Finger"?
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| Rating | | | Date | October 28, 2004 | | Summary | Hilarious, but they need to release it in Widescreen | Content
| This is a hilarious movie from the 80s, especially now (considering part of it takes place among Afghani warlords back when the US was supporting the Taliban against the Soviets). Its combination of sweet one-liners and the cynical anti-nuclear proliferation story will make it a "keeper" for years to come. "Spies" picks up where Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" left off, and throws in a couple of sexy ladies for good measure. It takes an appropriate jab at (then) President Reagan by showing one of his cheesy musicals.
One of my favorite parts is when Aykroyd and Chase get dropped into Pakistan in a huge container filled with chips and beer (their "spy" supplies). Another is when the Soviet/American negotiations are really a game of Risk/Trivial Pursuit!
This movie should be released in a widescreen edition as soon as possible because "pan and scan" ruins the director's carefully arranged scene compositions.
Listen for Paul McCartney's rousing theme at the end of the movie called (what-else) "Spies Like Us". |
| Rating | | | Date | October 16, 2004 | | Summary | A fun and entertaining 90 minutes | Content
| This movie definitely doesn't rank as Chevy Chase's or Dan Akroyd's best film, but it holds its own. There are some great bits, and classic Chase physical comedy. The plot is predictable, but there are some fun ideas about Government hideaways and secrecy. I picked this up in a bargain bin for $5, and don't regret it. It takes me back to my childhood, when I watched this movie a hundred times in a month, as it was the only VHS tape I owned. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 27, 2004 | | Summary | A HOPE/CROSBY STYLE "ROAD" PICTURE | Content
| Spies like us is a tip of the hat to the great Bob Hope Bing Crosby "road pictures" of the 1940's. Chase and Dan Ackroyd play two low-level CIA agents who are sent on a rather bogus mission in Afghanistan to basically be expendable decoys. The boys are dropped inside a giant crate from a plane and when opened, they are lounging about eating Doritos! So well do they play their Hope Crosby roles that there is a tribute of sorts to the old patty-cake game when they encounter a couple of Russian agents. later, in the tent of a shiek they have to pretend to be doctors and perfrom surgery. Bobe Hope himself makes a cameo appearance. Of course, the boys eventually are the heroes of the movie and get the girls. Funny movie |
| Rating | | | Date | February 23, 2004 | | Summary | Nice, fun movie, but... full screen?!? | Content
| I've wanted to buy this title on DVD for a while, and finally I got to check if it was available... I found it, clicked "add to cart" in excitement... and then noticed the warning "Full screen format". Full screen? Yuk! What inane studio would release a theatrical film in any other format than the only acceptable one, widescreen? Thanks (not), but I will wait for a proper DVD. |
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