The opening, with hard-working music by Elmer Bernstein, is a reasonable facsimile of a straight espionage drama. The rest is an unreasonable facsimile of a Bob Hope spoof of one. (An actual cameo appearance by Ski Nose himself, in golfing togs, can't help.) Director John Landis tries to maintain a deadpan surface (and additional cameos by incognitos like Ray Harryhausen, Costa-Gavras, and Bob Swaim can't hurt), but the compulsive flow of jokes wears it down, trickles and gushes through. And Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd are far too smug and self-assured under their nincompoop personas. With Bob Hope, you were never so sure. (1985) — Duncan Shepherd
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