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The most disorganized crew in the Navy returns in this updated adaptation of the once-popular TV sitcom. Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale (Tom Arnold) has retired from the U.S. Navy and is living on the old P... read more read more...T boat he used to command. He spends his days making the rounds of the Caribbean Island of San Moreno, where he was stationed at the end of his career and now peddles pin-up calendars and booze to sailors. However, McHale's idyllic surroundings are soon spoiled when Vladikov (Tim Curry), tired of being known as the "second-best terrorist in the world," decides to stage a bid for world domination and targets San Moreno first. Desperate to fend off Vladikov, Capt. Binghampton (Dean Stockwell) calls McHale back to active duty. McHale is once again saddled with a crew of misfits and losers, including the easily frightened Ensign Parker (David Alan Grier), straight-laced Lt. Carpenter (Debra Messing), good-natured Happy (French Stewart), and Virgil (Bruce Campbell). Ernest Borgnine, star of the original TV series, appears in a small role as a high-ranking Pentagon official who turns out to be McHale's father. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 49 min.

Directed by: Bryan Spicer

Release Date: April 18, 1997

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DVD Release Date: June 3, 2003

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Flixster Reviews (256)

  • superclerk25
    February 4, 2007
    superclerk25
    Lame comedy
  • cacutshaw
    December 16, 2008
    cacutshaw
    I saw this in the theater simply because Bruce was in it. They must have saw me coming.
  • FanGirl
    March 25, 2007
    FanGirl
    Three and a half stars? Really? All I can say is Bruce Campbell!!!
  • kcddck
    February 21, 2010
    kcddck
    A couple of funny moments, but otherwise a very annoying film. Tom Arnold as the lead? Well there was a great decision. Stewart and Campbell are wasted as well as Grier is at times, at times he was the worst on the screen.
  • iamthethinman
    January 21, 2009
    iamthethinman
    Why did I watch it, Bruce Campbell's in it. And he's not even in the poster billing. How did Tom Arnold become a top star of a movie? Sure he was good as the sidekick in True Lies, but that's it. However, BC is the only reason I give this movie a half star. It there was no stars,... read more this would be it. I don't even know how any joke in the first 30 minutes was intended to be funny. Surely, someone sitting in the room when the script was read or written realized that there was no joke to be had, right?
  • MovieGuruDude72
    May 24, 2007
    MovieGuruDude72
    The first 30 minutes are genuinely funny. It goes downhill quick after that devolving into an absurd comedy.
  • buddyluv87
    March 16, 2007
    buddyluv87
    I actually own this movie. I think it is cute. It makes me laugh. The cast is funny and so unrealistic that it is funny.
  • djnewmie
    February 10, 2007
    djnewmie
    you have some of the best comdy actors this movie Bruce "the Chin" Campbell,French Stewart,Tim Curry who also is one of the best villian actors and you have funny stand up Henry Cho
  • anorkia
    July 26, 2006
    anorkia
    I watched this just for Bruce Campbell. It is a pretty poopy movie and does nothing to prove that Tom Arnold doesn't need to die.

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Critic Reviews

Leonard Klady
May 15, 2008
Leonard Klady, Variety

A ham-fisted, fitfully amusing lark that quickly runs aground. Full Review

Mick LaSalle
June 18, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

By the end, this soporific comedy makes 105 minutes feel more like a two-year hitch. Full Review

Liam Lacey
April 12, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

A useless movie. Not funny, suspenseful, moving or even offensive enough to want to torpedo. Just devoid of any conceivable value. Full Review

Stephen Holden
January 1, 2000
Stephen Holden, New York Times

Leaky PT-boat of a comedy. Full Review

Jeff Millar
January 1, 2000
Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle

I didn't laugh once, not even giggle.

James Berardinelli
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

Suitable only for movie-goers who have undergone frontal lobotomies. Full Review

Rob Nelson
September 5, 2009
Rob Nelson, Boston Phoenix

All apologies to the handful of Americans who've waited decades for this big-screen update of the '60s sitcom--the result is both awful and awfully irrelevant. Full Review

Maitland McDonagh
May 15, 2008
Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide

This shotgun marriage of coarse laughs and low-rent action cliches is, of course, utterly predictable: Cutting-edge comedy isn't lurking under the corpses of old TV shows. Full Review

Robin Clifford
April 9, 2005
Robin Clifford, Reeling Reviews

The most idiotic, unfunny script imaginable. Full Review

Steve Crum
November 1, 2004
Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan

Tom Arnold is no Ernest Borgnine. A profound statement.

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