Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978) User Reviews

An Honest review

[medrjel · 5/10 · 19 July 2002]

I will be the first to admit I absolutely ADORE this film. I absolutely love the sendup of horror films that seemed to exist up to that time. However, it really is a bad film.

I gave it a 5. Why, I think it is honestly a movie you will either love or hate. It is hard to be ambivalent about this film. The effects are cheesy, the dialogue silly, and the concept even sillier. Yet, I don't think it could of been pulled off any better. I think everyone should check this film out at least once, but do it with friends.

"Could someone please pass the ketchup?"

It's hilarious moments are just enough to cover the dullness in between

[MrVibrating · 6/10 · 26 July 2006]

Attack of the killer tomatoes is low-budget's answer to summer blockbuster Snakes on a Plane. Technically, it's the other way around, since AOTKT came first, but whatever. It's dumb, it has a small cult following, and you understand the plot when you read the title.

Tomatoes, you know, the kind in salads, attack people. This is shown in the movie, mostly as tomatoes being thrown at people with tomatoes on the ground everywhere. This continues for an entire movie, which might sound repetitive, but there's other side-tracks of the story as well, which more often than not are very funny.

The production values are non-existent but the filmmakers do their best to cover them up("I'm sorry, gentlemen, for the size of this room", the general says and then all the scientists climb over each other to get a seat) There are lots of silly plot points and many totally unnecessary, some funny and some not. Whenever it gets draggy, there's usually something really funny just in time. That's not bad.

If you need to have this told to you, then you will not like this movie, but I'll tell you anyway: Do NOT take this movie seriously. Enjoy the musical numbers, the stupid "Jaws"-like tomato attacks, the crazy characters, and all the other details that in then end makes AOTKT a fun experience.

The insane genius of James De Bello

[Torgo_Approves · 5/10 · 26 July 2006]

(r#43)

"Worst movie of all time"? No, actually one of the most insane and hilarious spoofs ever made. Not much of a plot, obviously low budget, non-actors doing the best they can to keep the dialogue deadpan and serious (George Wilson as the bad guy is particularly hilarious), and of course rampaging, evil, flesh-eating tomatoes.

In the tradition of David Zucker's Scary Movies, James De Bello's jokes aim to be as shamelessly stupid, but still funny, as possible. And it worked for me. Some lines literally had me howling with laughter. "Could somebody pass the ketchup?"; "Wienerschnitzel!"; "Technically, tomatoes are fags"; "Well, it was pretty dark, you know... it's lighter today"; "Why not? You're a woman!", just to name a few. And how can you not love a movie that features a catchy John Carradine-esquire theme song, a deliberately badly dubbed Japanese scientist, an insane katana-swinging WWII pilot who seems to drop from out of no where and just sort of follows along, a blind policeman, a president whose main job seems to be writing his signature on papers before crumpling them and throwing them away, a UN-type organization who spends the entire movie debating what should be done about the tomatoes before deciding it's not time to take action yet, a swimming champion who eats an entire bowl of the cereal "STEROIDS", mind-numbing musical numbers, the list goes on.

You'd have to be a pretty dull person not to enjoy this. Utterly insane, shamelessly cheap and silly, but somehow awesome. I'd recommend this movie to anyone with a knowledge of awful movies and a good sense of humour.

"Mlmlmlmlmlm mneed mlmlmlmlmlmmlm..."

GREAT, but get original version over directors cut

[ashspicefilms · 16 June 2000]

This film combinds funny jokes with funnier unintentional humor and the result is one of the funniest cult films ever. The rest of the series is o.k., but the original is amazing. Horrible effects galore. make sure you try to grab the original version and not the director's cut. The new version is remastered in better quality, but they altered the film and it just isn't as cool that way. my rating 5/5 and for directors cut 4/5

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes .... a tomato ate my sister.... they're marching into San Jose....

[CelluloidRehab · 3/10 · 5 August 2005]

The easiest way to describe this movie is as a satire. The target of the satire is quite vast, from the US Government to corporate America. It is also not a stinging satire, but rather a silly one.

Think of this movie as a mix between the Kentucky Fried movie, Airplane and Police Squad series, done with a much smaller budget and not as funny. I can see how this movie is a satire of many sci-fi disaster movies from the 50's and 60's. I see this movie as a big influence on Tim Burton's Mars Attacks.

The plot is simple enough. Genetically engineered giant tomatoes go "crazy" and start attacking people and cities. At first there is a cover up and then it blows over into full blown war.

The movie runs the gamut of characters and characterizations : Lois "Fairchild" (a Lois Lane clone), a very ambitious Presidential Press Secretary, Clark Kent, Mason Dixon (FIA agent who hasn't worked since the Bay of Pigs), a useless President (who only seems to be able to sign his name and attack New York), an even inept Congress, a sleazy marketing CEO, and Mason's team consisting of an obese East German "female" swimmer, a scuba diver, a crazed WWII paratrooper and an African-American disguise expert (disguised as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Hitler and finally as a tomato). Did I also forget to mention, lots and lots of tomatoes? There are all kinds of tomatoes from small tomatoes, to giant plastic tomatoes, to smashed tomatoes, to tomato juice and finally to people dressed up as tomatoes.

On top of all this, you have a couple of musical numbers as well. They aren't that good and seem to be dubbed. The best tune is by far the theme of the movie ("Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"). It is way too catchy and you might end up humming or singing it in public. Be warned.

Most of the movie is quite amusing and shows the absurdity of various real life situations as well as various entertainment genres. I don't believe I was induced to laughter, but mostly smiled and scratched my head. I definitely recommend this movie for fans of B and C grade movies, but only as a rental.

-Celluloid Rehab

Definitely worth watching once.

[kevin_robbins · 5/10 · 25 May 2021]

Decided to watch this classic while making Easter Dinner. A must see for those who love the classics. It's definitely more comedy than serious picture but the script is hilarious and it does a good job making fun of itself. Definitely worth watching once. I'd give it a 5/10.

Occasionally funny

[ericstevenson · 5/10 · 10 August 2016]

This is one of the weirdest movies I have seen in a long time. It's actually hard for me to even criticize this film because there isn't much to say about it other than that it's completely ridiculous. I'm wondering if a lot of these jokes were improvised. There was one thing that really annoyed me. The poster showed tomatoes with faces and vines as limbs. That never appears in the movie and I was really looking forward to that! It would have been a lot more creative. This was two years before "Airplane!" which was a spoof movie that was just genuinely good. It is kind of funny to see tomatoes killing people by just touching them, apparently.

So many things in this movie come out of nowhere. A lot of it is just completely irrelevant. I doubt anything in this movie is meant to be taken seriously. I can understand why a lot of people enjoy it because of how dumb it is. I guess I'll go right in the middle with this one. There actually are some pretty funny parts but not enough for a whole movie. I guess this would have worked better as a sketch or an episode of a TV show. The funniest part was probably with the blind guy directing traffic. We even started with a good joke at the very beginning! **

Deliberately baaaaaad!

[michaelRokeefe · 2/10 · 30 April 2007]

Yes, it can be done. John De Bello and Costa Dillon cleaned out the garbage of their minds and come up with the worst comedic, horror , Sc-Fi musical. If there is any acting, it is terrible or way over the top. Special effects; take your pick...very low budget or kindergarten. Every cheap cliché thought of is used. No doubt a fun movie to watch. Worth a cold six-pack or two. Point the finger at radiation if you need an excuse. Mutant tomatoes grow to almost the size of a tow truck and begin attacking mankind. San Diego is a good place as any to start. Scientists and an absent minded military must find the way to stop this red rolling menace. This cult favorite features: David Miller, Eric Christmas, Al Sklar, Tom Coleman, Sharon Taylor and John Qualls.

So bad it's good

[Restintuition · 5/10 · 6 December 2021]

It is so extremely bad and surreal that it hooks you from beginning to end. It's a very freaky movie, like a MAD Magazine come to life - a nice satire and a very fun B movie trash film!

A must see cult classic

[l_ratna · 7/10 · 26 June 2009]

Being an overt fan of B-flicks I have to say that I really enjoyed Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. First of all it has one of the most funniest theme songs I've ever heard. Secondly it tries very hard at being a funny slapstick, fails at this miserably and in doing so becomes hilarious. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is a brilliantly bad low budget movie and a must see for anyone with a sense of humor.

I'll leave you with a part of the theme song: Attack of the killer tomatoes! Attack of the killer tomatoes! They'll beat you, bash you, Squish you, mash you Chew you up for brunch And finish you off for dinner or lunch Lunch, lunch Dinner or lunch, lunch, lunch Dinner or luuuuuunch.

"This is Man vs. Vegetable!"

[classicsoncall · 5/10 · 10 July 2021]

Well, here's another one I can cross off my movie bucket list. You know, there are some movies you have to watch just because of the title; for me it's been "Snakes on a Plane" and "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter". I've known about this film for a long time but never took the time to seek it out until today. OMG, what a glorious mess! This really isn't much more than a parody of sci-fi and horror movies, with sight and sound gags galore, some of which you're bound to miss because you can't stop laughing over the last one you saw. My favorite bit was probably the cramped room where the top level strategists met to deal with the burgeoning tomato invasion. I think the folks involved with 'Dr. Strangelove' could have used that one to perfection. The Lois and Clark sight gag early on was fairly clever, and you're bound to do a double take on that San Francisco trolley scene labeled 'New York'. Through it all, you can't help but think how ridiculous the whole premise of the story is, especially when the attacking tomatoes get larger and larger. If you have a good sense of humor and appreciation of situational comedy, this one really isn't that bad in the proper frame of mind. You might need a couple of shot glasses though to get you there.

Lettuce Watch Those Killer Tomatoes Again!

[Rainey-Dawn · 8/10 · 29 June 2014]

One has to re-watch this movie from time to time just to adsorb the stupidity! Yes it's that funny! Tomatoes Still Humor Me.

This is one of those it's so bad it's good type of films - that is exactly what it is suppose to be and that IS the comedy of the movie. This type of comedy is hard for a lot of people to "get": It's suppose to be cheesy and in bad taste... it is a deliberately cheesy b-rated movie that IS the humor of it. The movie is basically poking fun at older b-rated sci-fi horror movies that were meant to be scary - yet they came across as funny.

I will be the first one to admit that you have to be in the right mood to watch a deliberately bad b-rated comedy film such as this one. But when the mood strikes just right, this movie can tickle-your-fancy!

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is a cult classic film - so it will not suit everyone's taste in b-rated comedies but it does suit mine from time to time.

8/10

Satire and ketchup all rolled into one!

[jimtinder · 7/10 · 12 May 2000]

"Tomatoes" has been unfairly maligned as one of the worst movies of all time. This is too bad, because the film is really a satire of cheap, bad sci-fi movies. So what better way to satirize a cheap, bad sci-fi movie than by unintentionally making one?

If you saw this movie as a child or teenager, scenes will be indelibly imprinted upon your mind. The guy taking a shower in a hallway; the dubbed voice of the Japanese scientist; the helicopter crash (which wasn't supposed to happen...the pilot came in at too steep of an angle and crushed the back rotor blade. The pilot lost control and crashed the copter. The producers, not wanting to waste this precious filming of an actual accident, put it in the film and instructed actor Jack Riley to pretend to crawl away from the smoldering wreckage); the tomato chasing a woman in a parking lot, with oh-so-noticeable wheels propelling it forward; ah, the magic of film.

Brought to you in part by future California state Assemblyman and State Senator J. Stephen "Rock" Peace.

Good guilty pleasure

[stewiec85 · 5/10 · 7 February 2022]

As much as it is a comedy homage to 50s monster movies, I actually enjoyed this. I loved the comedy dean pan delivery they do in this film and reminds me of the naked gun movies so watch it for fun and goofy time and it won't be as bad.

Schlock in perfection!

[DJ Inferno · 9 December 2001]

Some may call this the worst movie of all times, but if you have shots like "The Toxic Avenger", "Plan 9 from outer space" or "Dracula Vs. Frankenstein" in your collection this is exactly the right film for you! The humor in "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" appears like a cheap version of Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker-flicks à la "Airplane!" or "The Naked Gun", but always pretty entertaining and amusing! If you´re in search for the right stuff for your next party check this out - but don´t do the mistake and take this too serious in any way!!

so bad it's bad

[scottydawg · 1/10 · 2 August 2002]

I knew this film was supposed to be so bad it was funny, so I went into it with that expectation. I just found it to be so bad it was murderously boring. The whiny theme song is funny for about 10 seconds, until you realize there is nothing clever about it except its intentionally irritating quality. Seeing things get splattered with tomatoes gets old in about 30 seconds. There is just nothing clever or funny about the film except for the premise. It could sustain a 3-4 minute comedy sketch maybe, but this is just not a feature film by any stretch of the imagination.

"I Know I'm Going to Miss Her/ A Tomato Ate My Sister.." :

[MooCowMo · 1/10 · 4 October 1999]

Awlright, damn it, the MooCow will grudgingly admit the truth: I kinda' like this cheap, cheesy 70's parody. The idea that vast hordes of killer tomatoes are destroying the US is a great idea, and in spite of itself, the moovie does provide some decent chuckles, moostly the sight of terrified extras running away from large, obviously fake tomatoes. This film, along with The Kentucky Fried Moovie, is one of the earlier attempts at spoofs, which became so popular in the 80's & 90's, thanks largely to Airplane!. This one, like moost spoofs, is pretty poor. Many attempts at humor are dismal failures, and will induce much groaning. But thanks to the ravenous tomatoes hordes, the obnoxious "Puberty Love" song, and the awesome helicopter crash scene, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes does provide some goods, though largely for the wrong reasons. There are sooooo many things wrong with this film...and so right, it's hard to explain. Enough people must also have enjoyed it as the Tomatoes made a comeback in 2 moore films, and a cartoon series!! Large chunks of time spent away from the tomatoes are pretty dull. And dig those 70's clothes, dude!! ;=8) This tomato is seedy and cheesy, but worth a chuckle or two; the MooCow says grab a pizza and pop in the Tomatoes!! :

Oh help me god this was bad!

[Tambourin · 1/10 · 23 April 2005]

I would just like to say that there is NO way to describe how incredible bad this movie is. This is just an approach to describe the badness but I could never describe the incredible heights of it.

I would like to quote Mike Sh. ([e-mail]) in his comment on the movie Manos' the hands of fate:

"Seriously, this movie is not only the worst movie I've ever seen; it's the worst movie I can imagine being made!"

This movie is exactly this bad. How could it be worse?

Could the storyline be any more sentimental? No, the last scene takes care of that!

Could it be any less exciting? No, the fiber-plastic tomatoes take care of that.

Could the storyline be more boring? No, the progress of the movie is so slow that if it went any slower it would go backwards!

I cant believe people who say this movie is "so bad it's good" or "it's crap but still funny". The humor in this movie is so incredibly BORING and STUPID i couldn't even comprehend what the heck the writer was meaning by his humor. Also the script is so surreal that one begins to wonder if the writers were on acid or something.

For the sake of your own health and your brain, DON'T WATCH THIS MOVIE!!! Even two hours after i watched it i still felt bad in my stomach. I physically had to watch a good movie the next day to wash away the dirtiness I gathered while watching this load of crap.

P.S. DO NOT WATCH IT, NOT EVER!! THERE ISN'T ONE FUNNY THING ABOUT IT!!!

And in local news: a man was eaten today by his bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich

[Coventry · 4/10 · 22 February 2010]

In case you're a self-acclaimed connoisseur of cult cinema and/or bad movie-making, there comes a certain point in life – preferably sooner than later – that you have to watch "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes". It's an inescapable certainty, as this is one of the most notoriously awful cult movies ever made. One tiny but essential detail, however, is that "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" is deliberately awful. Right from the opening message already, mocking Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds", this is clearly intended as a zero-budgeted parody and I can't escape the impression that writer/director John De Bello never expected for his film to become such a hit. The film spoofs the contemporary popular trend of so-called "eco-horror" movies (plants, animals and nature in general revolting against humanity) and introduces the least menacing type of vegetable imaginable as undefeatable killing machines. A secret government agricultural project to produce bigger and tastier tomatoes goes horribly wrong and soon there are reports about tomato-attacks coming from all over the country. The president puts together a Special Forces team to battle the juicy enemy, which includes secret agents with very specific areas of expertise and scientists with horrendously dubbed voices. The first half hour of "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" is very entertaining. As silly as it is, the sight of normally shaped vegetables jumping up from the sink and attacking hysterical housewives is quite original and funny. The first half hour also contains numerous memorable moments like the catchy theme song, the "Jaws" homage and the infamous unforeseen helicopter crash (see the trivia section for more details) that made it to the final cut. After that, however, the whole thing turns into a tedious, unstructured and insufferably amateurish mess. The quality level of the jokes goes from fresh and inventive towards embarrassing and downright not funny and there are too many characters and sub plots. Personally, I prefer the late 80's and early 90's sequels (which I saw before seeing the original) because they benefit from slightly better production values, incredibly over-the-top tomato special effects and the presence of veteran actor John Astin ("The Addams Family") as the mad scientist Dr. Gangreen. But, as said before already, the original inexplicably remains obligatory viewing material at some point in your life.

What "Tomatoes"!

[Mister-6 · 3/10 · 30 September 1999]

This movie's heart was in the right place, no matter where its brain was.

"Attack" is basically a spoof a la "Airplane!" (two years before the fact - nice going.) of what happens when vegetables, or in this case fruits, attack.

Through all manner of film magic (stop motion, papier-mache tomatoes on skateboards, reverse filming, people watching off-screen tomatoes, people throwing basketball-sized tomatoes at the on-screen actors), the tomatoes do indeed attack everyone in their leafy grasp.

Then, it's up to Mason Dixon (Miller) and a group of spies I wouldn't wish on any government's side to save the day. Of course there's a meddling reporter (Taylor) who pops in at the worst times, dancing and singing Army soldiers, Japanese scientists with dubbed-in voices, some guy dragging around a parachute and a samurai sword...and oh yeah, the San Diego Chicken before he made it big.

The gags here aren't all that great. In fact, you could probably make up better yourself after watching these. Some of the dialogue is inutterably bad ("Please pass the ketchup" - not something to say in front of tomatoes.) and as far as "Puberty Love" goes...well, I can't blame the tomatoes for shriveling up on hearing it.

What's good about it? Well, I liked the theme song and the beginning credits, and there was a scene with four people on the phone at once that was pretty well executed. ...that's about it.

Three stars. Not a "Killer" comedy, but it tries.

Rock on, Peace.

Misunderstood!

[Tresix · 7/10 · 26 November 1999]

I saw this film on a triple-bill that included ROBOT MONSTER and PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. Since those two movies were unqualified stinkers, things didn't bode well for KILLER TOMATOES. But, as I began watching this film, something began to happen. I found myself laughing, but not AT the movie, but WITH it! I saw exactly what they were trying to do and actually got some of the jokes: The black master of disguise who tries to pass as an African-American Hitler; the scuba expert who has to find water to dive in to justify his being part of the mission; the Japanese scientist whose words don't match his lips; the Elvis army number (my highlight) and the commercial parodies. I found them all hilarious. Needless to say, the "Puberty Love" song had me in stitches. All I have to say is just ignore the negative reviews leveled at this film and check it out for yourself. It's not a classic, but you should get more than a few laughs out of it. After all, any movie that has the following lyrics in its theme song can't be ALL bad: "I know I'm gonna miss her/A tomato ate my sister"

The worst film I have ever seen

[Thalor-2 · 1/10 · 3 March 2001]

Never see this movie.

It tries to be a spoof on scifi/thriller films of the 1950s and 1960s but all it succedes at is making you wish really badly that you were watching one of them and not it.

It is very lame. A spoof has to have some aspect which has some above par quality to it. This movie does not have any such aspect.

Save yourself. It's too late for me but... just don't watch it.

People, use thy funny bones.

[judecca_gunner · 8/10 · 11 December 2008]

No, it wasn't perfect. Name me one movie that is, honestly. But, come on. I see a lot of crud about this being "Unwatchable," and "Awful," and in some cases "The worst movie ever." Well, really. The only way anyone could possibly think that about AotKT is if they have absolutely no sense of humor. I'm 21, I just saw it for the first time, I loved it. If you like Mel Brooks movies, this is pretty similar. They took an idea (Hitchcock's The Birds), twisted it into something more obscure and off the wall (Tomatoes), and had a good time making fun of every little cliché of the horror genre, and then some.

If you, like another reviewer on here, watch two minutes of it and decide you're done with it, then I can't imagine you watch many movies at all. I can't remember the last time I saw a movie that had my interest thoroughly grabbed in the first two minutes. The top best-selling movies EVER all failed to grab my interest within the first two minutes, and yet, I ended up liking them. So, my points are twofold; One, don't be a wuss, if you're going to watch this movie at all, actually watch it. Don't watch it for thirty seconds and say "Ugh, how corny, I'm ditching this." Two, consider what you expect out of movies in general, but especially this one.

Most people watch movies to have fun, and be entertained. If you watch AotKT for those reasons, you'll find it enjoyable. Some people apparently watch movies demanding to be blown away by every aspect of it, and come out of it raving like they've had an epiphany. Don't do that. Ever.

... Anyway. Yeah. This is about half-comment, half-rant, but so be it. I found AotKT enjoyable; if you watch it expecting a satire of horror and an entertaining watch, you'll get it. If you're expecting to be left convulsing on the floor feeling like life has no meaning since it peaked at seeing the movie; then you should try something habit-forming.

Pass the Popcorn review

[PassPopcorn · 7/10 · 24 May 2013]

The 50s and the 60s were the golden age of creature feature B-movies. Then the highly successful Steven Spielbergs' Jaws was released in 1972 and it took the genre to a whole new level. Expectedly, a new breed of movies spawned, trying to reproduce the success of Jaws. Several years after that, in 1978, a low budget movie named Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! came out. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (AOTKT) was primarily a spoof of the said genre. Unfortunately, many people took it too seriously and failed to recognize its comedic appeal. Therefore, ATOTK is generally considered a bad movie and holds a pretty low rating on both IMDb and Rotten (Killer) Tomatoes. But does this do it justice?

The movie's plot is rather simple. Tomatoes started killing people and are now a menace to whole humanity. The government of the USA decides to fight back with any means necessary. Here our protagonist, one Mason Dixon comes in play: he leads a group of useless men in a quest to find a solution for this horrible menace. Of course, calling Mason Dixon's character the protagonist could be a bit of an overstatement since there's a bundle of characters in the movie and no one is really that prominent. Because there are so many characters in the movie, AOTKT sometimes feels like a series of sketches rather than a coherent movie. Which isn't really that bad since many of the 'sketches' are funny but, considering general movie logic, various scenes don't lead anywhere and feel pointless.

First of all, I don't understand why people took this movie so seriously. The movie's name is Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!, and it even has its own theme song, for crying out loud! Also, the movie makes it pretty clear throughout that it is just a ludicrous little spoof. It's even a part time musical with a few ridiculous songs in it. So my advice is - if you're going to watch this trashy thing, try to relax and by no means take it seriously. So yes, the absurdity of the script, the awful acting and the bad special effects are deliberate. You may or may not enjoy that but it's insane to bash this movie for the wrong reasons.

One may say - 'ok, it's a spoof, not a serious movie but so what? That doesn't necessarily make it any good.' That's true but AOTKT is pretty enjoyable either way. It manages to successfully make fun of most creature feature movie clichés. I must say, I had quite a few laughs watching this. I would even go as far as to compare it to the classic 1980 comedy Airplane!. Who knows? Maybe Airplane! took the idea of the exclamation mark in the title from AOTKT. If you like trash movies, you can do no wrong by watching this one. Its low budget charm only makes it more appealing; if nothing, because it looks like the movies it spoofs. Naturally, it's not the best comedy movie out there, far from it, but it will certainly do well as a one-time comedy experience.

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My Head Hurts

[dsayne · 5/10 · 24 March 2010]

This is one of those movies that is so bad it's good, except that it's intentionally bad, which means that it's intentionally good - I mean - it's an intentionally bad, good movie - I think.

It's sometimes boring, except when it's not. None of the humor is the laugh out loud kind, it's very low key. Some of the gags are pure genius, but some are, well - not. The acting is mostly of the "these are the best people we could get to participate in this" type, except you get the feeling that maybe it's done on purpose. If this had been produced and directed by Jim Abrahams and David Zucker (Airplane!) it would have been much funnier, but a little more forgettable. On the other hand it's much more amusing than pretty much everything that Leslie Neilsen has been in, other than the Airplane! and Naked Gun movies.

I can't decide if the people who made this were completely inept or absolutely brilliant. I'll try brilliantly inept. Maybe.

I don't know. My head hurts.