Truly risible

Rating: 1/10 (4 January 2001)

This takes a notion that has been used in movies before - that it is possible for someone someone to take on the form of another through various forms of mutilation (e.g. Silence of the Lambs or LA Confidential), but elevates it to the central premise.
The CIA, their wonders to behold, have developed a level of technology capable of transforming John Travolta into the perfect image of Nicholas Cage. This may seem just a tad far-fetched to those of us who recall that the same organisation thought that the best way of deposing Castro was to offer him an exploding cigar (perhaps they were getting Karl Marx muddled up with Groucho).
Anyway, with this huge hole in the middle of the plot this turkey could never hope to get off the ground.
If you believe that it really was Santa who bought you that pair of funky snowman socks for Xmas, that aliens supplied the blueprints to Rameses I or that Jim Carey is a comic genius - you'll love this one.