MOVIE · 1996

Spy Hard

ActionAdventureComedy81 min

Dick Steele, better known as Agent WD-40, is sent after Gen. Rancor, a presumed-dead villain now hunting the computer chip he needs to launch a missile. Leslie Nielsen is Steele, a secret agent fumbling his way through an international mission that teams him with KGB operative Veronique Ukrinsky; Nicollette Sheridan gives Veronique a sharper, more unflappable presence. As they track Rancor’s headquarters and try to free her father, the plot turns spy-movie stakes into slapstick, with gags aimed at James Bond, Die Hard, and the larger world of big-screen espionage.