"Click" Balls of Thunder (1997)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Rolfe Kanefsky

Writers:

Rolfe Kanefsky (writer)
Milo Manara (comic book)

TV Series:

"Click" (1997)

Original Air Date:

1997 (Season 1, Episode 5)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

More Class than Bond. More Hip than Powers. Dumber than Smart.

Plot:

Secret Agent Rod Steele 0014 accidentally ends up with a device that increases sex drives and leads to many soft core sex scenes. A James Bond 007 parody.

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Spy | Secret Agent | Parody | Intelligence

Cast

Robert Donavan	...	Rod Steele
Sita Renne Thompson	...	Agent 0013 (as Sita Thompson)
John Lazar	...	Dr. Fez (as John La Zar)
De'Ann Power	...	Tangerina
Gabriella Hall	...	Areola
Scott Coppola	...	Fritz
Jacqueline Lovell	...	Pussy L'Amour
Gina Everett	...	Fanny
Mark Collver	...	Dick Longo
Michelle Bauer	...	Madam Greta
Chip Holman	...	Sven (as Chip Hollman)
Dan Schiller	...	Male Hooker #2
Michael C. Ball	...	Male Hooker #3
Sheila Vale	...	Helga
Justin Lauer	...	Hans

Also Known As:

"Click": Mr. Steele: Balls of Thunder (#1.1) (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, and for language; rated R for sexual content and some language (2003 re-release).

Runtime:

93 min | USA:93 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | English

Color:

Color (NTSC Color) | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

USA:AO (DVD) | USA:R

Company:

New Concorde Home Entertainment

Trivia:

This was released on DVD as "Rod Steele 0014: You Only Live Until You Die".

Quotes:

Agent 0013: I'm pumping answers out of him!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs You Only Live Twice (1967)

Too little and too late?

Hey now, about 40 years after James Bond came to the screen, we're getting this parody? Hmm, I think others did it much better long ago, but still, this is OK, if a bit stupid at times. Robert Donovan does a passable Bond, complete with the plummy accent and all, but this Bond is not burdened with a lot of smarts. His low budget collection of "gadgets" (tennis shoes, an alarm clock, a fountain pen that shoots ink if it's shaken) seem to serve him well, although "P" (as opposed to "O") has provided him with a more sophisticated gadget that accidentally gets switched at the airport check-in, and he ends up with some sexual charger that leads to lots of interesting situations. He flies to Prague where he meets up with 0013 who is posing as a whore, hmm, and unfortunately she has to keep up appearances when customers show up. The villianess is the evil Tangerina, who appears in one scene in a freshly painted outfit ("Don't touch me, I'm not dry yet"). Anyway, there's lots of sex and lots of silliness, all pretty low budget. This is enjoyable to an extent but it never goes any further than it has to for cheap laughs. Maybe with a bigger budget it could have been a real hoot, but as it stands it was a passable pastime and nothing more. Maybe Trey Parker & Matt Stone should give this genre a whirl. 5 out of 10 stars.