Top Secret!

It has aged worse than I remembered. There are some memorable gags, but the story is very silly and the musical scenes ruin the pacing. It entertains but it is not the best comedy of its genre. Naked Gun and Airplane! are better.

Well, I didn't expect that. Sometimes I select to watch random movies from random best of lists. "Best of 80's comedies" or something like that. This was one of those movies from a random list. Objectively bad, yet strangely entertaining. It's silly. It's hilarious. It's creative. If you like movies like Austin Powers, comedies featuring Leslie Nielsen or some of the more crazy Bond movies, you'll like this movie too. And as a German myself, it's double the fun... Best part: the fake dada-German and Nation People's Army personnel cosplaying in fantasy SS uniforms. If you don't know anything about the cold war, your should watch this movie. It will teach you why their own citizens hated their communist utopia and why Western culture was so much more appealing. Remember: That movie premiered just 5 years before this state collapsed. Some jokes are funny because they are based on very true premises.