I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Good movie but grossly overrated

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

This show is just silly. So very silly.It has a great cast, some silly action AND clowning around aside, this is seriously funny.There's just not much else to say about this flick. It is 100% about the interaction between Belushi and Ritter. However, being that limited in scope, it is only watchable every 5 - 7 years.

So yes the whole concept of the movie is ridiculous. But that is the whole point. This movie is to make you laugh. If you take this seriously then of course you are not going to like it. If you are willing to let you surrender to the absurdity then you will find that this movie has more to offer than comedy alone. For one thing there are some very nice action sequences in this.Then there is the buddy factor.Jim Belushi and John Ritter make a great pair and are the main reason to keep you watching. Now last but not least it is Jim (James) Belushi. Somehow James Belushi always gets underrated. Sure he does a lot of comedies but those do fit more with his acting style. However he can do so much more. In Real Men he actually is quite convincing as the ultra suave super spy. He is very likable and funnily enough not that goofy as he is in his later movies.Do yourself a favor and give this a try. You won't regret it.

You had to have been alive in the 1980's to fully understand the tensions that existed between the Soviet Union and the US. Everyone thought that war would break out, and the future looked grim.Many movies dealt with this topic, and so did Real Men, only they poked fun at everything, and satirized cold war feelings.The plot is a little over the top, but interesting. Aliens want a glass of water, and in exchange, we will get something that will save the world, or get a big gun that will totally destroy the world. Why aliens who are peaceful would even posses such a weapon, we'll just ignore that.The film starts off with Agent Pillbox (Ritter) being killed during a dry run of the meeting with the aliens. There's no time to replace him, so the idea is do the next best thing, find his exact double.And with that they find Bob Wilson, a bland, unimportant man with no spine, and no clue. It's up to super agent Nick Pirandello to take Wilson under his wing, and a super agent out of him.Part cop buddy movie, part road trip, Real Men does strain the suspension of disbelief, but still manages to be very entertaining. One of the classic scenes in the film involves Ritter being seduced by a woman who turns out to be Pirandello's post sex change father! Despite the crazy plot, and some sophomoric humor, the film is still entertaining, a time passer, and a nice guilty little pleasure. Give it a view, you won't be disappointed.

When a CIA agent is killed, Nick Pirandello (James Belushi) is sent in to save the world. Nick is an unorthodox, uncontrollable uber-spy with a sense of humor and some panache. Friday, 20:00, Washington D.C. is the rendezvous. The fate of the world revolves around that date and place. Nick is forced to recruit a timid insurance salesman look-alike, Bob Wilson (John Ritter) and drive cross country to the destination.This is mostly a buddy picture, in which each of our protagonists learn something from the other and they bond. Nick becomes more sensitive and Bob becomes tougher.This is not a great movie, but ever since I saw this movie on HBO during the 80's, its just stayed with me. Its fun and it moves quickly. This soundtrack is also pretty good (catchy). If you like movies like Shanghai Noon, Rush Hour 1 & 2 then you'll like this movie. It has a nice mix of action and comedy.Some of my favorite scenes : Nick's Macguyver-like nail gun creation, his shoelace Tarzan impression and the bad clown attack. One of the most interesting aspects of this movie is that Ilsa, Shewolf of the SS, is Nick's dad.-Celluloid Rehab