Real Men
| Real Men | |
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| Directed by | Dennis Feldman |
| Produced by | Martin Bregman |
| Written by | Dennis Feldman |
| Starring | James Belushi John Ritter Barbara Barrie Bill Morey Isabella Hofmann Isa Andersen Gail Barle Mark Herrier Dyanne Thorne |
| Music by | Miles Goodman |
| Cinematography | John A. Alonzo |
| Editing by | Malcolm Campbell Glenn Farr |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | September 1987 (USA) |
| Running time | 85 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Unknown |
| Box office | $873,903 (USA)) |
Real Men is a 1987 comedy/sci-fi film starring James Belushi and John Ritter as the heroes: suave, womanizing CIA agent Nick Pirandello (Belushi) and weak and ineffectual insurance agent Bob Wilson (Ritter).
[edit] Plot
The film opens with Agent Pillbox (played by John Ritter) walking through a forest, when he is shot and killed by an unseen assasin. Pillbox had been engaged on a dry run for a meeting that was to take place with a group of aliens seeking to help humans eliminate a chemical that will end all life on Earth.
A replacement is hard to find, mainly because the aliens have dealt with Pillbox, and he is the only one they will trust. The Aliens have put one request to the humans, a simple glass of water. Government agent Nick Pirandello is recruited to escort a meek office worker named Bob Wilson (also played by Ritter) because he bears a striking resemblance to the now deceased Pillbox.
Pirandello is unconventional, and likes to do things his way. He meets Wilson at Wilson's home, with Russian agents close on his tail. The Russians, along with a rogue element in the FBI, would like to get to the aliens first because they have also offered something called the "Big Gun" - a gun so big that it could wipe out both the US and Russia. Pirandello's first meeting with Bob Wilson is marred by a shootout with the Russians.
Pirandello and Wilson travel across the country in order to meet with the Aliens somewhere in Washington D.C. Wilson is relunctant the entire way, until a chance meeting with corrupt FBI agents dressed as clowns. After being lied to, and told he's a "Super Agent", Wilson gains a new tough attitude that he'd never had. Until this point, Wilson had been pushed around by a group of bullies who lived down the street, and a milkman who was trying to seduce his wife.
As Wilson grows stronger, Pirandello grows weaker, because he fell in love with a woman he met in a bar in Pittsburgh. After Pirandello abandons the mission, Wilson is left on his own.
During a final shootout staged in the woods between rougue FBI element and Wilson, Pirandello finally comes to his senses and rejoins the mission. [1]
[edit] External links
- Real Men at the Internet Movie Database
