Leonard, Part 6 [DVD]

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This is a great movie. Seriously, it was ahead of its time. Really. I love all the gags. Kids that like Nickelodeon movies anad shows will love this movie.

Bill Cosby and Joe Don Baker star in this 1987 action-comedy.A former secret agent must save the world from an evil woman.I've always liked this film and glad to have it on dvd that hasgood picture and sound, but no extras. I recommend this good80's action-comedy.

I have seen a lot of trash cinema in my day, most of it poorly funded and made by people without much inherent talent. Neither is the case here, which is why "Leonard Part 6" is a painful embarrassment. It's a given that this is my least favorite Bill Cosby vehicle in history, but that it's also the worst Joe Don Baker film I've seen reveals more. Don't get me wrong, I like Joe Don Baker ("Mitchell!") and he's the best actor with the most nuanced performance here without question, but even his performance as Snyderburn can't save this mess.The plot is about a megalomaniac vegetarian activist hiding out at her headquarters in the "International Tuna" building taking over the world by controlling animals. This sets up the hilarity for the protagonists to battle homicidally possessed but otherwise cute creatures (frogs, rabbits, lobsters, etc.) The film starts terribly (Cosby riding an ostrich anyone?) and quickly evolves to a death by hairball scene that you will not quickly forget. The whole mess is narrated by Leonard's butler, as it makes the unfolding continuity disaster easier to follow. I mean, how else could you rationalize Bill Cosby racing through the streets in a rocket-powered camouflaged Porsche with roof cannon confronting evil vegetarians and a hostile anteater segueing into a terrible modern dance spectacle? Along the way there's romance gone awry and righted, largely through the therapeutic application of a tureen of soup to Bill Cosby's suit and hair. (Seriously, how was the food on Cosby even supposed to be funny? Anyone?) But if that's not enough to keep your interest, how would like to see Bill Cosby perform surgery on himself? Sounds hilarious, right? No? I will not even address the ludicrous climax other than to say that repelling lobsters with butter and using a magical hotdog to decapitate your foe made me literally scream "Just please end!" at the television. (I really did.)I do have one lingering issue with this film: Alka-Seltzer and Lava soap are both prominently featured in this movie. Did some marketing genius actually pay for product placement in this disaster? That was (really) the biggest question I had after watching "Leonard Part 6."This is epically bad, and despite being warned of the intrinsic awfulness of this movie, I have to admit that even I had no idea how repellant it is. As much as I enjoy "Red Zone Cuba," "Plan 9 From Outer Space," or even the Rick Sloane anti-masterpiece "Hobgoblins" I found "Leonard Part 6" so bad it was just bad.

As advertised, this has to be the worst movie I have ever seen.

Seven years after his retirement, Leonard Parker (Cosby) gets forced back into CIA service after an agent is assaulted and killed by a rogue rainbow trout. Turns out, a madwoman named Medusa (Gloria Foster) is controlling animals with a new technology and using them to commit crime the world over ... from her headquarters, The International Tuna Factory. Leonard is reluctant to re-enter the spy business at first, but after a failed attempt to reconnect with his estranged wife, he decides that his formidable fortune (turns out he's a famous San Francisco restaurateur) and hair-brained efforts at comedy would be better spent in pursuit of saving the world.The supporting cast of characters is straight out of a poorly-written Dr. Seuss book. First off, there's the killer henchman Man Rey (David Maier) who has a penchant for saying "Quellish," the code word used to make his fish and frogs go for the kill. Second, there's a Romanian lady who lives in an Oakland "trailer park" and speaks absolutely no English ... or Romanian, for that matter. Leonard, however, goes to see her before every mission ... and she slaps him in the head a few times while spouting gibberish, then gives him various objects - hot dogs, ballet slippers, meat patties, and more.Ya know what? I can't write anymore ... this movie's horrible. It's bordering on so-bad-it's-good, but not on the good-side ... it's strictly terrible, and at times, VERY FEW TIMES, it approaches something resembling a movie that's funny in a ironic way. If you like Cosby, you'll hate him after this. If you don't, whatever expectations you might've had for him and his brand of comedy will be shattered, as mine were. He actually helped to write this piece of garbage. The director said that Cosby went rogue during filming, refusing to take advice or criticism, and simply told him to take care of structure. Cosby would "take care of the funny."He took care of it all right - more like assassinated it. If you're a cine-masochist, I'd recommend you check it out. If not, stay away. Stay far away. The End.

I first saw this movie when I was a kid...maybe 8 or 9. At that age you can't really distinguish good from bad movies, so I had no complaints. I didn't know that it had such a terrible reputation until recently though. I watched it again and I was amused that I remembered so much of the movie from when I was a kid. But yeah, I can see why Bill Cosby disowned it. However this movie will always hold a spot in my heart for sentimental reasons. :)

There is a reason this movie was a winner of three Golden Raspberry Awards. However, if you like bad movies, you can't go wrong with this one.

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