Trivia he ridiculous plot of having an actor come in and train for only a few days to become a spy soldier rather than just have a spy do the job is a direct parody of Armageddon where they had oil drillers come in and learn to become astronauts in a few days rather than just have astronauts learn to drill It also indirectly parodies the idea in many Hollywood blockbuster movies that an untrained person in a completely unrelated field can come in and do the job of a highly trained soldier spy astronaut etc surely this is a reference to earlier films such as Rocky