Good, but no "Airplane!"

Rating: Null/10 (20 October 2002)

This movie definitely has its moments, but it simply doesn't match up to the ZAZ team's masterpiece. I think the main difference is that in "Airplane!" the humor is effortless, the gags just flow naturally, wheras in "Top Secret!" it's as if they were trying too hard, straining to be funny, and it shows. Or perhaps it's just that maybe spy movies aren't as easy to parody as disaster films. Whatever it is, this movie just wasn't nearly as funny.