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Rating: 3/10 (24 July 2006)

I could not disagree more with Roger Ebert this time. He claims that his friend (who according to him, apparently has no sense of humor) only laughed five times during this movie. Well, I didn't even manage that... There have been before and after much better movies in this sub-genre, Airplane! and Police Academy, to name just two. This one is a meaningless assembly of gags, most of which aren't even good. If you are looking for a good parody of WWII movies, then go and watch the TV series 'Allo, Allo' which was also filmed in the 80-ies. Now that is what I call a good parody, and it is hilarious!
All in all, Top Secret! is a waste of time. A pity that the Airplane creators couldn't manage anything even close to the quality of their first picture.