This film essentially begins during the latter part of the Cold War at a camp in Siberia which had been created in the 1950's to resemble a small town in America. It's here that Soviet spies are trained in order to infiltrate the United States and blend in more easily. The problem is that while the world has changed everybody and everything in the town has remained the same-and this creates a huge problem for those in charge of the program. So to rectify this problem one of the managers by the name of "Cameron Smith" (Charles Martin Smith) goes to New York City in search of a couple of young men who seem to have a good grasp of familiarity with the current societal norms of the day. His search ends when he spots two savvy young men by the name of "Travis" (John Travolta) and "Wendell" (Arye Gross) and easily convinces them to board a plane to the Midwest to help him set up a night club based on modern American trends. Once on board the airplane, he subsequently drugs them and when they wake up they find themselves in a town called "Indian Springs, Nebraska" which doesn't resemble anything they have ever seen before. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this film started off reasonably well but seemed to get bogged down a bit toward the end. As far as performances were concerned, "Kelly Preston" (as "Bonnie") dominated every scene she was in with her beauty and sexuality. Arye Gross also performed quite well. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for either John Travolta or Deborah Foreman (as "Jill") as neither seemed totally comfortable in their roles. In any case, while not a great comedy by any means, it managed to pass the time and I have rated it accordingly. Average.
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