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 hostages are being held.
Acting
Nielsen's commitment to stupidity remains unmatched
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI gags that actually required physical effort
Writing
Jokes thrown like spaghetti—some stick, most don't
Director
Rick Friedberg
Leslie Nielsen
Dick Steele
Nicollette Sheridan
Veronique Ukrinsky
Charles Durning
The Director
Marcia Gay Harden
Miss Cheevus
Barry Bostwick
Norman Coleman
Andy Griffith
General Rancor
Stephanie Romanov
Victoria / Barbara Dahl
Talisa Soto
Desiree More
Robert Guillaume
Agent Steve Bishop
Carl Ciarfalio
Thug #1
Keith Campbell
Thug #2
Esau McKnight
Skippy, Warrior on Cell Phone
Taylor Negron
Painter
'Weird Al' Yankovic
Himself
Alex Trebek
Agency Tape Recorder (Voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Andy Griffith playing against type as the villain was Friedberg's casting coup—he'd never played a heavy before.
Released six months before Scream revived horror, this marked the dying gasp of the parody boom Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker pioneered.
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