Top Secret! | | Cast : | Val Kilmer | | Director : | Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker | | Studio : | Paramount Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | June 08, 1984 | | DVD Released Date : | March 01, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | June 11, 2005 | | Summary | Too Cuckoo to Miss! | Content
 | It may take a few minutes before Top Secret gets you laughing but once you do you won't stop! You'll laugh until you slither helplessly off the couch onto the floor -- chill some beer and invite a few friends. Puns, sight gags, B-movie sendups, and a lot of really clever background stuff. Sure, some of the gags are a little sophomoric, but they just keep piling 'em on until you can't catch your breath. I'd forgotten how funny the French Resistance is -- listen carefully for their names...mon Dieu! |
| Rating | | | Date | January 29, 2005 | | Summary | Airplanes? No, we're off to war! | Content
| The creators of "Airplane!" wanted another challenge, and thus they chose to spoof war films, rock films and anything else that came to mind. In doing so, they nearly lived up to the classic "Airplane!".
Strangely enough this is Val Kilmer's introduction to feature films. I know... He sings (yes, it's him), and really he fits fairly well into the overall spoof scene.
Ah yes, the plot. Well, the premise is that Kilmer plays an American rock-star that is requested to play at a German concert to help some elaborate plan; however, he gets more then he bargains for when he winds up beholden to a damsel-in-distress and an attempt to maybe even save at least a good part of the world.
Of course, this film is filled with mocking humor, but this time it appears gradually. At the beginning, the humor is more subdued and as time goes on the humor is more often, and thankfully, more funny.
Now, this is not a great film and if I could I would give it 3.5 stars. However, it still is pretty funny, and well, it's by the people who did "Airplane!" right? |
| Rating | | | Date | October 10, 2004 | | Summary | HUSH HUSH IT'S FUNNY | Content
| Much of the humor in the Zucker/Abraham/Zucker movies is found in the background. While you may be focused on what's going on up front, look at some of the things going on in the background. One of my favorites in this one is in the pizzaria. Val Kilmer and Lucy Gutteridge are having a serious confrontation while in the background, pizza eaters are having a hard time getting the pizza off because the cheese is sooo stringy! It's prime example of the off the wall humor.
While TOP SECRET is sluggish compared to the AIRPLANE and NAKED GUN series, it is nonetheless funny most of the time. For those of us who remember the exploding Pinto crisis, the scene in which the Germans ping the Pinto is priceless. Christopher Villiers as the Torch has a sly moment when masquerading as a cow, a bull sort of gooses him. There's lot of sight gags and some really silly production numbers, but Kilmer and the gang, including an uncredited Omar Sharif, seem to be having fun. It's fun to watch. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 20, 2004 | | Summary | "Oingay ootay etgay iedfray in the airchay" | Content
| Funny, funny film from the people who brought you "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun". Almost as funny as the film is the commentary track by the creators -- apparently they aren't very fond of this one, and spend a good deal of time during the commentary mocking their own film. But anyway, it's a very funny film. My favorite part: Nick activating the Polaris Mine in the prison lab (check out the submarine guy!). Also recommended (besides "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun" of course): "The Kentucky Fried Movie", also by Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 16, 2004 | | Summary | "You're alright now, I'm here. S'alright" | Content
| YEAHHHH!!!!!!!! this movie is flat-out FUNNAY! It's about this "American Rock 'n Roll Star" (kilmer) who helps a German girl find her father along with some pretty kewl cats. This movie has awesome not-obvious jokes and quotes you'll seriously LOVE until your dying day. |
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