A secret agent tries to prevent World War III.A secret agent tries to prevent World War III.A secret agent tries to prevent World War III.
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- TriviaApart from one small scene at the movie's beginning, Tippi Hedren is never seen sharing a frame with another actor or actress. Her dialogue was recorded separately and was randomly cut into the film. The producers simply needed another name to sell this picture and Hedren was available for a comparatively small salary.
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Tongue-in-cheek spy spoof
My review was written in November 1989 after watching the film on Sell Pictures video cassette.
"Deadly Spygames" is an entertaining spoof of the James Bond pics, with good video prospects domestically and some foreign potential as a theatrical title.
Beginning with the Maurice Binder-esque credits sequence, filmmakers Jack M. Sell and Adrianne Richmond have fun with the familiar format of the Ian Fleming films, but the twist is having the twosome also toplining as ordinary folks in the superspy roles. Sell plays Banner, government spy assigned by CIA agent Troy Donahue to knock out a Cuban radar installation, while Richmond is his assistant and one-time romantic partner.
Plot escalates toward a possible World War III as a Soviet general (Bob McDonald) sends agent Karlov (Kathryn Miles) to steal a secret film incriminating his grandson as a mass murderer. She succeeds and Banne has to steal it back from the Soviet computer room at the UN.
Pic is fun due to its extreme tongue-in-cheek approach, especially noticeable in the frequent, functional use of stock footage whenever the large-scale military operations occur. Only drawback is extensive reliance on a sequence from Sell's previous film "Outtakes", in which that pic's satire on Santa Claus slasher films is recycled unconvincingly into a supposed documentary film about the general's son being a killer.
Guest star Tippi Hedren makes wisecracks as she screens the film for the CIA, but its inappropriateness sticks out.
Acting and tech credits are okay.
"Deadly Spygames" is an entertaining spoof of the James Bond pics, with good video prospects domestically and some foreign potential as a theatrical title.
Beginning with the Maurice Binder-esque credits sequence, filmmakers Jack M. Sell and Adrianne Richmond have fun with the familiar format of the Ian Fleming films, but the twist is having the twosome also toplining as ordinary folks in the superspy roles. Sell plays Banner, government spy assigned by CIA agent Troy Donahue to knock out a Cuban radar installation, while Richmond is his assistant and one-time romantic partner.
Plot escalates toward a possible World War III as a Soviet general (Bob McDonald) sends agent Karlov (Kathryn Miles) to steal a secret film incriminating his grandson as a mass murderer. She succeeds and Banne has to steal it back from the Soviet computer room at the UN.
Pic is fun due to its extreme tongue-in-cheek approach, especially noticeable in the frequent, functional use of stock footage whenever the large-scale military operations occur. Only drawback is extensive reliance on a sequence from Sell's previous film "Outtakes", in which that pic's satire on Santa Claus slasher films is recycled unconvincingly into a supposed documentary film about the general's son being a killer.
Guest star Tippi Hedren makes wisecracks as she screens the film for the CIA, but its inappropriateness sticks out.
Acting and tech credits are okay.
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