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If Looks Could Kill

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This service is great. I did not think I would ever be able to see the movie again. Being able to get a copy burned as a DVD was great.

I've been waiting for this movie to come on DVD ever since DVD's came out.

This is classic high school humor and was one one of my favorite movies growing up.

of course it's a James Bond knock off but it's has the humor and the action to make it a good one to watch over and over.

I highly recommend this movie to anyone who grew up in the 80's and early 90s'.

I love this movie and have been waiting for it to come out on DVD for years! So I got very excited when I saw this on Amazon, and was going to order it - until I saw it is only being released on DVD-R format! I'm sorry, but I could make my own bootlegs, thank you very much! So I wont be buying this - just release an official DVD, damn it!

Richard Grieco is a little bit of a hero of mine, and so I celebrate his entire catalog. That said, I might be a little biased when I say that this is quite possibly the best movie of the "high school dropout turns secret agent" genre. Back in 1991 we hadn't yet seen the run of "high school dropout turns secret agent" movies that pervaded the late 1990's, so this was still fresh material. I recommend this highly to anyone who identifies themselves as 1) A Richard Grieco fan 2) over 25 years old and 3) saw this movie a lot when it was on HBO and remembered it fondly. It holds up about as well as you'd expect.

Some of you may remember Richard Grieco from "21 Jump Street"... Others may know him from some of his TV movies or stint on "Veronic Mars"... But his is how I remember him. As a high school punk, mistaken for an undercover superspy, just trying to save the world. Gosh, I love this movie! I had it on VHS, but as those machines started phasing out, I worried that I'd never be able to watch it again. But lo and behold! It's out on DVD!!! But not only is Richard fantastic is this, but so is Roger Rees as the rather prissy uber-villain, Linda Hunt as Rees's right hand woman (and wife??? I could never figure that out...), and Gabrielle Anwar as the love interest. If you're looking for a good-time movie where the good's just awesome and the bad try really hard to be evil, this is the movie for you... Or if you're looking for a bit of 1990s flashback, try it out! You might love it as much as I do!

The unlikely has happened; it appears there is more than one Michael Corben. One an agent for the CIA the other a French student (Richard Grieco) on class assignment to France. Is it possible that they can get their personalities crossed? And when the student is offered a fancy car to drive do you expect the confusion to be cleared? "I'm Michael Corben ---deep cover agent for the CIA"

All is going well; he gets to lead a 007 life with money, cars, and girls. Then reality sets in Michael and The French Teacher (Robin Bartlett) must team up to save Europe form a dastardly plan of the evil Steranko (Roger Rees) and his henchwoman (Linda Hunt.)

Will he succeed or is Europe doomed?

At the height of his sexy duel with Johnny Depp on 21 Jump Street (brought in when Depp said he wanted to leave and the Producers mistakenly thought he just wanted more money) to up the ante with the female fans and provide a sexy alternative to Depp's brand of teen idol [the real reason he wanted to leave] Grieco was riding high when he made this teen flick during summer hiatus. He's surprisingly good as the High School jock who thinks he's too cool for school literally when he gets a chance to be a spy. Little does he know with Villians like Roger Rees and Linda Hunt (with a wonderful gadget of her own and having a marvelous time pushing mini-villiany to new heights) taking his measure and meting out appropriate steps to remove him from the game he may not last long. There's plenty of him on display here (in his briefs) as he encounters his own Bond girl trying to convince him her sign is scorpio in the bedroom. Meanwhile he just wanted an extra French credit to get his High School Diploma which puts him at odds during his mission with one of the the screens greatest spy operatives "The French Teacher"! It's all a blast and the cast (with a pitch perfect Richard Grieco) pull it off with a smile on their faces. Your family will have one too. Sit back and enjoy the turbo-charged ride! It's fun, fun, fun til his 'Mother' takes the Lotus away!!!!!

This is a fun movie.

Silly hijinx with a teenage halfwit suddenly becoming the top spy for the British.

Love the "French Teacher" and Linda Hunt is great as usual

"if Looks Could Kill" is a great movie to watch. I have seen it at least 10 times. I recommend you to watch it. It is a comedy/action movie.