東ドイツで開催されることになった国際文化フェスティバル。アメリカ合衆国代表だった指揮者が参加を取り止めたため、アメリカ合衆国で国民的人気を誇るロック歌手ニック・リバースが招待される。しかし、この文化祭はあくまでもカモフラージュであり、東ドイツの真の目的は誘拐した天才科学者に強力な新兵器を開発させ、それによる世界征服を行うという恐ろしいものだった。そうとは知らないニックは、ひょんなことから科学者の娘ヒラリーを助けてしまい、世界の存亡をかけた戦いに巻き込まれてしまう。
製作費: $9,000,000 (14億円)
興行収入: $20,500,000 (31億円)
推定収支: $11,500,000 (17億円)
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監督: Jim Abrahams / David Zucker
脚本: Jim Abrahams / David Zucker / Jerry Zucker
音楽: モーリス・ジャール
制作: Jon Davison / Hunt Lowry / Jim Abrahams
撮影監督: Christopher Challis
制作会社: Paramount Pictures / Kingsmere
As spoofs go, this is an adequate vehicle for the handsome and charismatic Val Kilmer to squeeze into his 501s and take on the mantle of American rock star "Nick Rivers". He is invited to take part in a cultural exchange concert in the still militaristic East Germany and so, under the watchful eye of "Gen. Streck" (a super-hammy Jeremy Kemp) he has to stay out of trouble until his gig. Easier said than done though when he meets and falls for the feisty "Hillary" (Lucy Gutteridge) and is soon embroiled is a plot to rescue her scientist father (Michael Gough) from the scheming communists before he is forced to create a weapon to end all weapons. The joke looks pretty squarely aimed at Elvis this, and Kilmer makes a decent fist of the gyrating and hair-spraying. Indeed, had we a bit more of these scenes and less of the rather obvious and clumsy espionage malarkey, it might have been a better film. As it is, though, it plays the parody hand just a bit too heavily for me and after a while the cultural clashes appeared to be as much between the star and his largely British supporting cast as much as having anything to do with scheming generals. It's not a film that needs your concentration, it has a reasonably toe-tapping soundtrack and if you aim low, you ought not to be disappointed.
