Spy Hard

In addition to being a general parody of the spy movie genre in general, “Spy Hard” takes the absurdity way past the “Austin Powers” films.  At least with those films, things went by formula.  For “Spy Hard,” madness was the name of the game.  Not only did things frequently not make sense, but they also blatantly spoof “Pulp Fiction,” “Home Alone,” and even “Jurassic Park.”  Despite that, the film is made of laughs.  You know things are strange when Weird Al Yankovich sings the James Bond-like opening and subsequently explodes at the end just because.  Also having Surely Youjest (don’t call him Shirley) Leslie Nielsen as the Bond stand-in just adds to his comedic legend status.  While the ending does seem a bit rushed and nonsensical, the film was a good laugh from start to finish.