Attitude meets espionage.
When the Switchblade, the most sophisticated prototype stealth fighter created yet, is stolen from the U.S. government, one of the United States' top spies, Alex Scott, is called to action. What he doesn't expect is to get teamed up with a cocky civilian, World Class Boxing Champion Kelly Robinson, on a dangerous top secret espionage mission. Their assignment: using equal parts skill and humor, catch Arnold Gundars, one of the world's most successful arms dealers.
Eddie Murphy
Kelly Robinson
Owen Wilson
Alexander Scott
Famke Janssen
Rachel
Malcolm McDowell
Gundars
Gary Cole
Carlos
Phill Lewis
Jerry
Viv Leacock
T.J.
Keith Dallas
Lunchbox
Tate Taylor
Lieutenant Percy
Lynda Boyd
Edna
Bill Mondy
McIntyre
Larry Merchant
Vegas Commentator
Sugar Ray Leonard
Vegas Commentator
Jimmy Lennon Jr.
Vegas Ring Announcer
Joe Cortez
Vegas Referee
Steve Albert
Europe Announcer
Bobby Czyz
Europe Announcer
Darren Shahlavi
Cedric Mills
Blake 'The Blade' Lirette
Self
Dana Lee
Zhu Tam
Director
Betty Thomas
Writers
David Ronn, Marianne Wibberley, Cormac Wibberley, Cormac Wibberley
Peter Teschner
Editor
Oliver Wood
Director of Photography
Richard Gibbs
Original Music Composer
Ruth E. Carter
Costume Design
Marcia Hinds
Production Design
JPV852
11/6/2019
Hadn't seen this since it was released on DVD and... pretty much remember it being as mediocre as it was back then. Normally with these buddy films, you have one character who is off-kilter while the other is more serious, but here you had both off-kilter. Had this been today, would've been a good opportunity to be a spoof of Mission: Impossible; cast a normally serious actor to play opposite the outlandish character. **3.0/5**
Kamurai
7/27/2020
Annoying watch, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend. I like Eddie Murphy, I usually depend on him to carry movie given he's such a big personality. Unfortunately the character he is playing is every bit as annoying as Owen Wilson and that is amplified as, like I said, Eddie Murphy is a big personality and this character doesn't call for any nuance. Malcolm MacDowell does a his great creepy villain vibe, and Famke Janssen ("Golden Eye": Xenia Onatopp) makes a great spy: I wish she had done more of it. The majority of this movie is Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson playing some stupid characters and getting into situations that they can barely handle most of the time. It definitely doesn't feel like a "spy movie" the same way that someone knocking over a set of steel plate armor doesn't. This is much closer to an action-comedy, maybe similar to "Rush Hour", but not as good. I'm not saying there isn't anything to enjoy here, I'm just saying you can flip through Eddie Murphy's filmography to find a better movie, and there are a lot of other movies out there to see.
