Real Men
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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).
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 bares 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.
Comedy
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/sci-fi film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
starring James Belushi
James Belushi
James Adam "Jim" Belushi is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is the younger brother of comic actor John Belushi.-Early life:Belushi was born in Chicago...
and John Ritter
John Ritter
Jonathan Southworth "John" Ritter was an American actor, voice over artist and comedian perhaps best known for having played Jack Tripper and Paul Hennessy in the ABC sitcoms Three's Company and 8 Simple Rules, respectively...
as the heroes: suave, womanizing CIA agent Nick Pirandello (Belushi) and weak and ineffectual insurance agent Bob Wilson (Ritter).
Plot
The film opens with Agent Pillbox (played by John Ritter) walking through a forest, when he his 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 bares 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.