This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

This is a very very funny film that has gone by almost unnoticed. The plot is simple, all life on earth will be dead in a few years if Jim Belushi cannot get John Ritter, a milquetoast, that he has it in him to save the world. Simple. Along the way you meet a rogue CIA group dressed as clowns, aliens from another world who want a glass of water and the KGB. I say this all matter of factly because that is exactly the attitude that Jim Belushi's character does. He's seen it all before and the hilarity comes when you take someone who has never had an exciting experience in this life (Ritter) and team him with someone that has had so many crazy and wild adventures that even saving the world is mundane. This is a great satire on our national security.John Ritter is one of the greatest comedic actors of all time and Belushi is in top form as well. A perfect cast all around. What's really fun about this movie is how the characters change. John Ritter starts off a wimp and turns into a tough guy just as Belushi changes from tough guy into a wimp! The cultural references to the time period are well placed (Cold War Era) and most importantly, the movie is unique and original. The laughs are abundant.Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

I first saw this film whilst visiting the States at the age of 15. Unfortunately I missed the start (which meant I didn't know the name of the film and was kinda important plot wise) but I still really enjoyed it. Years later I stumbled across it being shown on ITV here and thus discovered the films name. I caught it from the start, and being that little bit older, enjoyed it even more.Belushi's character is superb and he delivers his lines with perfect timing, "I only smoke after sex" "oh not that much then"...."about a pack a day." Not wanting to make a big thing out of this, I can only recommend if you haven't seen it to give it a try - you'll be using the quotes for years to come.Enjoy.

Real Men! A classic among comedies! Absurd yet undeniably compelling and original! Ritter and Belushi are a perfect coupling, combining chalk and cheese, as it were, yet it turns out to be one of the best films of the 80s! Belushi is so condescending it's almost unreal and Ritter gives a delightful performance as the paper pushing loser who discovers his inner strength yet never takes himself too seriously. The first time I saw this film I thought it was brilliant and my opinion of it has improved over repeated viewings. My favourite scene is this; A war between east and west has occurred. The streets of a small American town are littered with Russian agent's, victims of hot shot CIA agent Nick Pirandello and his trusty sidekick, Bob the man with the dangerous index finger. Gunfire echoes around the house where nick and bob shelter themselves from the remaining Russian's bullets. Suddenly, all goes quiet. Bob turns to nick and asks "What's going on?" Nick looks at his watch and says "Coffee break!" It would seem the Russian's relentless pursuit of the alien rendezvous map was to take a temporary back seat in favour of their hard earned worker's rights! This is but one scene from the film, which is replete with funny bits. I was sad to hear of the passing of John Ritter. God rest him.

This pleasingly wry'n'dry send-up of incredibly far-fetched spy action/adventure yarns, male bonding and hearty, breast-beating, chest-thumping "look man, ain't I so cool" machismo hits the enjoyably droll bull's eye more often than not, thanks largely to writer/director Dennis Feldman's deliciously deadpan, nonchalant, off-handed comic style and the breezy, effortless, finely judged rapport between stars James Belushi and the late, great, sorely missed John Ritter. The frequently annoying Belushi is more tolerable than usual as absurdly smooth, sharp, insightful, intelligent, resourceful, extremely confidant and phlegmatic, but overly hard and insensitive fearless federal agent Nick Pirandello, who enlists the reluctant aide of twerpy, mild-mannered, extremely passive and insecure ordinary shmoe office worker Bob Wilson (an ideally cast John Ritter) in order to assist him on a top secret government mission. You see, Wilson is a dead ringer for a fed killed in the line of duty, so he's needed to replace the deceased fellow for a crucial meeting with a bunch of alien beings who in exchange for a drink of water will give us humans pertinent information pertaining to our planet's very survival. Naturally, both the evil Russians and a band of renegade CIA agents are determined to foil our heroes' important mission. Moreover, during the course of the perilous mission Bob rediscovers his backbone while Nick gets back in touch with his softer, more tender feelings.While on occasion the picture's casual sense of oddball humor is a bit too relaxed to the point where it almost cancels out the whole movie, the many genuinely inspired bizarre touches and quirky moments (Nick's father turns out to be a busty, aggressively lascivious transsexual riotously played by none other than Dyanne "Ilsa" Thorne, several enemy agents dressed in clown outfits attack Nick and Bob in a back alley, and Nick picks up a seemingly demure woman in a bar who turns out to be a vicious leather-clad, whip-wielding dominatrix!), Feldman's surefooted direction, John A. Alonzo's crisp cinematography, Miles Goodman's bouncy, twangy, harmonic country swing score, the mock-serious, pseudo matter-of-fact tongue-in-cheek tone, and the fleet, playfully jumpin' pace keep this one appropriately amusing and animated throughout.