Armand Assante, Carl Reiner, Christopher McDonald

A spoof of the late 80s and early 90s suspense thrillers and murder mysteries, including Basic Instinct, Sleeping With The Enemy, Cape Fear and others. A cop/attorney (yes he's both) is seduced by a w...( read more  read more... )oman while his wife is having an affair with a mechanic. Lots of other sublots and visual gags in the style of Naked Gun.

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PG-13, 90 min.

Directed by: Carl Reiner

Release Date: October 29, 1993

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DVD Release Date: April 1, 2003

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  • August 11, 2007
    This movie is so damned funny...
  • September 14, 2006
    One too many spoofs around this period led to movies like this. For what it's worth, Sherilyn Fenn is gorgeous as always.
  • June 2, 2008
    Ok spoof of films like Basic Instinct,Sleeping with the Enemy,fatal attraction and other "steamy thrillers".A cop/attorney gets seduced by a sexy bitch behind his wifes back but what he doesn't know is that his wife wants him dead,then take his money and move away with the car m...( read more)echanic she's been having an affair with.Plus there's his secertary,Laura,who's madly in love with him but is haunted by her past of being in a violent marriage to a mentalist.There's some pretty good gags here and there and Sherilyn Fenn is still fit,(although not as sexy as Audrey Horne,obviously,who is?)but this will never compare with The Naked Gun series or the Airplane films.
  • May 30, 2008
    Not very funny.
  • November 20, 2009
    Not that funny of a spoof film.
  • June 6, 2009
    Not bad for a spoof.
  • April 7, 2009
    I didn't see the whole movie....but it was fun
  • January 5, 2009
    Judging from the reviews that I have read this seems to be terrible so I think I will pass.
  • October 5, 2008
    Pretty good spoof movie. You have to know what the spoofs are to really enjoy this, but it's fun anyway. Detective/Attorney Assante manages to go through life in a clueless fashion. Luckily, his secretary has her eye on him.
  • September 30, 2008
    pretty good funny film

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