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Shortly after Steffanic's arrival in the United States, his assistant is killed at his makeshift lab outside San Diego. The eponymous H.A.R.M. sends one of its agents, Adam Chance (Mark Richman), to help protect the scientist. Unfortunately, there's various and sundry baddies led by the evil Malko, who would love nothing more than to turn Stefanik into guacamole.
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Shortly after Steffanic's arrival in the United States, his assistant is killed at his makeshift lab outside San Diego. The Diego, so the eponymous H.A.R.M. sends one of its agents, Adam Chance (Mark Richman), to help protect the scientist. Unfortunately, there's various and sundry baddies led by the evil Malko, who would love nothing more than to turn Stefanik into guacamole.
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''Agent for H.A.R.M.'' is a 1965 American spy movie.
The plot concerns the development and distribution of a biological warfare compound referred to as "spore." Said spore turns humans into "living fungus" rather quickly and is apparently painless. Comrade Basil Malko is developing the spore to destroy the population of the United States by dusting the crops. The only man that can stop him is Dr. Jan Stefanik, a biologist from behind the UsefulNotes/IronCurtain.
After Stefanik defects from behind the UsefulNotes/IronCurtain to the United States, his assistant is killed at his makeshift lab outside San Diego. The eponymous H.A.R.M. sends one of its agents, Adam Chance, to help protect the scientist. Unfortunately, there's various and sundry baddies led by the evil Malko, who would love nothing more than to turn Stefanik into guacamole.
The film was intended for television as a pilot, but was inexplicably given a theatrical release. Even the director was surprised.
The plot concerns the development and distribution of a biological warfare compound referred to as "spore." Said spore turns humans into "living fungus" rather quickly and is apparently painless. Comrade Basil Malko is developing the spore to destroy the population of the United States by dusting the crops. The only man that can stop him is Dr. Jan Stefanik, a biologist from behind the UsefulNotes/IronCurtain.
After Stefanik defects from behind the UsefulNotes/IronCurtain to the United States, his assistant is killed at his makeshift lab outside San Diego. The eponymous H.A.R.M. sends one of its agents, Adam Chance, to help protect the scientist. Unfortunately, there's various and sundry baddies led by the evil Malko, who would love nothing more than to turn Stefanik into guacamole.
The film was intended for television as a pilot, but was inexplicably given a theatrical release. Even the director was surprised.
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''Agent for H.A.R.M.'' is a 1965 American spy
The plot concerns the development and distribution of a biological warfare compound referred to as "spore." Said spore turns humans into "living fungus" rather quickly and is apparently painless. Comrade Basil Malko (Martin Kosleck) is developing the spore to destroy the population of the United States by dusting the crops. The only man that can stop him is Dr. Jan
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* UnexplainedRecovery: As mentioned in DangerTakesABackSeat, at one point Adam strangles a henchman with a coat hanger from the back of his van, then jumps out just before the van goes off a cliff and catches fire. Somehow, this henchman ''survives'' that, only to be killed by Adam's electrified door trap later. (You'd be forgiven for not realizing it's the same guy, though, as the actor is so bland-looking and the comment from Adam confirming it is blink-and-you'll-miss-it quick.)
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* UnexplainedRecovery: As mentioned in DangerTakesABackSeat, at one point Adam strangles a henchman with a coat hanger from the back of his van, then jumps out just before the van goes off a cliff and catches fire. Somehow, this henchman ''survives'' that, only to be killed by Adam's electrified door trap later. (You'd be forgiven for not realizing it's the same guy, though, as the actor is so bland-looking and the comment from Adam confirming it is blink-and-you'll-miss-it quick. It also doesn't help that there actually are two nearly-identical blond, Aryan-esque henchmen; both are breifly onscreen together just prior to the aforementioned DangerTakesABackSeat moment.)
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* MsFanservice: Ava, who spends a good deal of the movie in a bikini.
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** Also {{Conversed|Trope}} in an early scene with Adam explaining to a female agent that she shouldn't rely on charm to get by as she's liable to get her head blown off. He then orders her to go to the "Judo Range."
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* ItIsPronouncedTropay: During the "Judo Range" scene, Adam almost makes mention of karate, pronouncing it as "ka-ra-TAY" instead of the more common "ka-RA-tee".
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* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms: During the ColdOpen, a Soviet border guard chases Stefanik with an [=M16=] assault rifle. Not only is it a distinctly American firearm, but at the time it had barely been in military service for a year, making its appearance here even more implausible. Could double as ProductPlacement, as the credits specially thank Colt for supplying the film's firearms.
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* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms: During the ColdOpen, a Soviet border guard chases Stefanik with an a Colt [=M16=] assault rifle. Not only is it a distinctly American firearm, but at the time it had barely only been in military service for a year, year at most, making its appearance here even more implausible. Could double Doubles as ProductPlacement, as the credits specially thank Colt for supplying the film's firearms.
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''Agent for H.A.R.M.'' is a 1965 American Spy Movie.
The plot concerns the development and distribution of a biological warfare compound referred to as "spore." Said spore turns humans into "living fungus," rather quickly and is apparently painless. Comrade Basil Malko is developing the spore to destroy the population of the United States by dusting the crops. The only man that can stop him is Dr. Jan Stefanik, a biologist from behind the UsefulNotes/IronCurtain.
The plot concerns the development and distribution of a biological warfare compound referred to as "spore." Said spore turns humans into "living fungus," rather quickly and is apparently painless. Comrade Basil Malko is developing the spore to destroy the population of the United States by dusting the crops. The only man that can stop him is Dr. Jan Stefanik, a biologist from behind the UsefulNotes/IronCurtain.
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''Agent for H.A.R.M.'' is a 1965 American Spy Movie.
spy movie.
The plot concerns the development and distribution of a biological warfare compound referred to as "spore." Said spore turns humans into "livingfungus," fungus" rather quickly and is apparently painless. Comrade Basil Malko is developing the spore to destroy the population of the United States by dusting the crops. The only man that can stop him is Dr. Jan Stefanik, a biologist from behind the UsefulNotes/IronCurtain.
The plot concerns the development and distribution of a biological warfare compound referred to as "spore." Said spore turns humans into "living
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* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms: During the ColdOpen, a Soviet border guard chases Stefanik with an [=M16=] assault rifle. Not only is it a distinctly American firearm, but at the time it had barely been in military service for a year, making its appearance here even more implausible. Could double as ProductPlacement, as the credits specially thank Colt for supplying the film's firearms.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: A drainpipe somewhere in the LA hills is supposed to be Eastern Europe.
--> '''Crow:''' Ah, it's the Eastern Europe part of southern California!
--> '''Crow:''' Ah, it's the Eastern Europe part of southern California!
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There's no evidence that the film was actually "deconstructing" James Bond spy movies. It's just a really bad spy movie. All those "deconstructions" are just weaknesses, evidence of the low budget or plot holes. Duel Of Seduction is also being misused, as it requires to people to be trying to seduce each other. Adam and Ava only try to do it to each other once.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: As it says on the poster shown above: "They used the world's deadliest weapons against this super-secret agent! ...Women! ...Women! ...Women!" There's actually only ONE female main character, and Adam doesn't seem to be all that interested in her. The movie also makes a point of showing that the DuelOfSeduction doesn't really work, so clearly women aren't ''that'' deadly of a weapon.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: As it says on the poster shown above: "They used the world's deadliest weapons against this super-secret agent! ...Women! ...Women! ...Women!" There's actually only ONE female main character, and Adam doesn't seem to be all that interested in her. The movie also makes a point of showing that She never even deploys her sexuality against Adam directly, she just prances around pretending to be innocent while covertly informing the DuelOfSeduction doesn't really work, so clearly women aren't ''that'' deadly bad guys of a weapon.his every move.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of James Bond style spy movies. Unfortunately, it mostly just showed why regular spy movies usually do rely on those tropes.
** Adam dresses in everyday clothes (mostly cardigan sweaters). He does wear a business suit once too, but [[BadassInANiceSuit never a tuxedo]]... which makes sense considering as a spy the goal is to blend in. Looking like a badass just makes you stand out.
** For that matter, the movie shows that in real life the spy doesn't always win. Neat, though a bit depressing.
** There aren't a whole lot of special gadgets. About the closest thing is Adam's recording device which happens to look like an electric razor, and Ava has a communication system built into a portable record player. Aside from that, it's pretty much just guns (albeit the spore guns are neat) and [[MacGyvering whatever's lying around]], the latter of which could have been cool if it was handled better.
** There are multiple scenes dedicated to showing that the DuelOfSeduction doesn't work. Adam explains this to a potential contact at the start of the movie ("Rely on charm, you're liable to get your head blown off. I want to see you on the Judo Range!") and later to Ava as well. Ava also tries using her sexuality to distract Adam when her allies show up to kidnap Stefanik... but since Adam had already set a trap for them it doesn't work out.
---> '''Ava:''' Are you coming, or do I swim alone?\\
'''Adam:''' Angelface, that's not the way cases are solved.\\
'''Ava:''' I swim alone then.
* DuelOfSeduction: Heavily {{Deconstructed}}, as mentioned above. There are multiple scenes dedicated to showing that sexuality is not a viable weapon in the spy game. Specifically...
** {{Conversed}} in an early scene. Adam is attempting to train a new female recruit who seems thoroughly uninterested. Adam explains that trying to charm the enemy is likely to get her killed, which leads to the infamous "Judo Range" line.
** This is also Ava's favorite tactic, and it doesn't work for her at all. It doesn't manage to distract Adam, nor does it manage to stop him from having her arrested at the end of the movie. To be fair, it's not that he isn't attracted to her, he's just very good at keeping his mind on his job.
** Adam dresses in everyday clothes (mostly cardigan sweaters). He does wear a business suit once too, but [[BadassInANiceSuit never a tuxedo]]... which makes sense considering as a spy the goal is to blend in. Looking like a badass just makes you stand out.
** For that matter, the movie shows that in real life the spy doesn't always win. Neat, though a bit depressing.
** There aren't a whole lot of special gadgets. About the closest thing is Adam's recording device which happens to look like an electric razor, and Ava has a communication system built into a portable record player. Aside from that, it's pretty much just guns (albeit the spore guns are neat) and [[MacGyvering whatever's lying around]], the latter of which could have been cool if it was handled better.
** There are multiple scenes dedicated to showing that the DuelOfSeduction doesn't work. Adam explains this to a potential contact at the start of the movie ("Rely on charm, you're liable to get your head blown off. I want to see you on the Judo Range!") and later to Ava as well. Ava also tries using her sexuality to distract Adam when her allies show up to kidnap Stefanik... but since Adam had already set a trap for them it doesn't work out.
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'''Adam:''' Angelface, that's not the way cases are solved.\\
'''Ava:''' I swim alone then.
* DuelOfSeduction: Heavily {{Deconstructed}}, as mentioned above. There are multiple scenes dedicated to showing that sexuality is not a viable weapon in the spy game. Specifically...
** {{Conversed}} in an early scene. Adam is attempting to train a new female recruit who seems thoroughly uninterested. Adam explains that trying to charm the enemy is likely to get her killed, which leads to the infamous "Judo Range" line.
** This is also Ava's favorite tactic, and it doesn't work for her at all. It doesn't manage to distract Adam, nor does it manage to stop him from having her arrested at the end of the movie. To be fair, it's not that he isn't attracted to her, he's just very good at keeping his mind on his job.
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** Adam dresses in everyday clothes (mostly cardigan sweaters). He does wear a business suit once too, but [[BadassInANiceSuit never a tuxedo]]... which makes sense considering as a spy the goal is to blend in. Looking like a badass just makes you stand out.
** For that matter, the movie shows that in real life the spy doesn't always win. Neat, though a bit depressing.
** There aren't a whole lot of special gadgets. About the closest thing is Adam's recording device which happens to look like an electric razor, and Ava has a communication system built into a portable record player. Aside from that, it's pretty much just guns (albeit the spore guns are neat) and [[MacGyvering whatever's lying around]], the latter of which could have been cool if it was handled better.
** There are multiple scenes dedicated to showing that the DuelOfSeduction doesn't work. Adam explains this to a potential contact at the start of the movie ("Rely on charm, you're liable to get your head blown off. I want to see you on the Judo Range!") and later to Ava as well. Ava also tries using her sexuality to distract Adam when her allies show up to kidnap Stefanik... but since Adam had already set a trap for them it doesn't work out.
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'''Adam:''' Angelface, that's not the way cases are solved.\\
'''Ava:''' I swim alone then.
** {{Conversed}} in an early scene.
** This is also Ava's favorite tactic, and it doesn't work for her at all. It doesn't manage to distract Adam, nor does it manage to stop him from having her arrested at
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* DirtyOldMan: Adam is ''easily'' old enough to be the extremely youthful Ava's father. This doesn't go unnoticed by the riffers, of course.
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* DirtyOldMan: DuelOfSeduction: Heavily {{Deconstructed}}, as mentioned above. There are multiple scenes dedicated to showing that sexuality is not a viable weapon in the spy game. Specifically...
** {{Conversed}} in an early scene. Adam is''easily'' old enough attempting to be train a new female recruit who seems thoroughly uninterested. Adam explains that trying to charm the extremely youthful enemy is likely to get her killed, which leads to the infamous "Judo Range" line.
** This is also Ava'sfather. This favorite tactic, and it doesn't go unnoticed by work for her at all. It doesn't manage to distract Adam, nor does it manage to stop him from having her arrested at the riffers, end of course.the movie. To be fair, it's not that he isn't attracted to her, he's just very good at keeping his mind on his job.
** {{Conversed}} in an early scene. Adam is
** This is also Ava's
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** Adam dresses in everyday clothes (mostly cardigan sweaters), sweaters). He does wear a business suit once too, but [[BadassInANiceSuit never tuxedos]]...a tuxedo]]... which makes sense considering as a spy the goal is to blend in. Looking like a badass just makes you stand out.
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* InformedAbility: Subverted in that Ava's [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy terrible archery skills]] are lampshaded by Adam.
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* InformedAbility: Subverted in that Ava's Subverted. Ava is supposedly an expert archer and also claims to know about biochemistry. The latter was almost certainly a lie, and as for the former... Adam actually {{Lampshade|Hanging}}s her [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy terrible archery skills]] are lampshaded by Adam.
at the end of the movie, after she shoots at him and misses from almost point-blank-range.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: As it says on the poster shown above: "They used the world's deadliest weapons against this super-secret agent! ...Women! ...Women! ...Women!" There's actually only ONE female main character, and Adam doesn't seem to be all that interested in her.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: As it says on the poster shown above: "They used the world's deadliest weapons against this super-secret agent! ...Women! ...Women! ...Women!" There's actually only ONE female main character, and Adam doesn't seem to be all that interested in her. The movie also makes a point of showing that the DuelOfSeduction doesn't really work, so clearly women aren't ''that'' deadly of a weapon.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: As it says on the poster shown above: "They used the world's deadliest weapons against this super-secret agent! ...Women! ...Women! ...Women!" There's actually only ONE female main character, and Adam doesn't seem to be all that interested in her.
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'''Adam:''' That's not the way cases are solved, babycakes.\\
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* HotScientist: Ava, at least insofar as she offers to help Stefanik with his experiments.
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* HotScientist: Ava, at least insofar as maybe. In one scene she offers to help Stefanik with his experiments.experiments and claims to know a little about biochemistry, but she never shows any further propensity for such and confesses to Adam that she is "not the intellectual type."
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** There aren't a whole lot of special gadgets. About the closest thing is Adam's recording device which happens to look like an electric razor, and Ava has a communication system built into a tape recorder. Aside from that, it's pretty much just guns (albeit the spore guns are neat) and [[MacGyvering whatever's lying around]], the latter of which could have been cool if it was handled better.
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** There aren't a whole lot of special gadgets. About the closest thing is Adam's recording device which happens to look like an electric razor, and Ava has a communication system built into a tape recorder.portable record player. Aside from that, it's pretty much just guns (albeit the spore guns are neat) and [[MacGyvering whatever's lying around]], the latter of which could have been cool if it was handled better.
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* ColdOpen: The film opens on Stefanik's escape from Southern California--err, behind the Iron Curtain.
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* TheTeaser: The film opens on Stefanik's escape from Southern California--err, behind the Iron Curtain.
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* FunWithAcronyms: Of the Desperately Shoehorned variety. H.A.R.M. stands for Human Aetiological Relations Machine. For the record, aetiology is the study of causation or origins. So, yeah, they couldn't have reached further if they'd used a cherrypicking machine.
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* FunWithAcronyms: Of the Desperately Shoehorned variety. H.A.R.M. stands for Human Aetiological Relations Machine. For the record, aetiology is the study of causation or origins. So, yeah, they couldn't have reached further if they'd used a cherrypicking machine.and origins of diseases. That explains why they're investigating the spores, but "Relations Machine" is pure nonsense.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Or rather, SacrificialLamb of Another Story. Adam's first meeting with DaChief is suddenly interrupted by a distress call from another agent, who is swiftly killed. Adam's ready to go, but his boss already has him assigned to the spore case; he tells his secretary to assign another agent to clean up after the dead one.
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* SacrificialLamb [[HeroOfAnotherStory of Another Story]]: Adam's first meeting with DaChief is suddenly interrupted by a distress call from another agent, who is swiftly killed. Adam's ready to go, but his boss already has him assigned to the spore case; he tells his secretary to assign another agent to clean up after the dead one.
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** There are multiple scenes dedicated to showing that the DuelOfSeduction doesn't work. Adam explains this to a potential contact at the start of the movie ("Relying on seduction will get you killed. I want to see you on the Judo Range!") and later to Ava as well. Ava also tries using her sexuality to distract Adam when her allies show up to kidnap Stefanik... but since Adam had already set a trap for them it doesn't work out.
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** There are multiple scenes dedicated to showing that the DuelOfSeduction doesn't work. Adam explains this to a potential contact at the start of the movie ("Relying ("Rely on seduction will charm, you're liable to get you killed.your head blown off. I want to see you on the Judo Range!") and later to Ava as well. Ava also tries using her sexuality to distract Adam when her allies show up to kidnap Stefanik... but since Adam had already set a trap for them it doesn't work out.
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** There are multiple scenes dedicated to showing that the DuelOfSeduction doesn't work. Adam explains this to a potential contact at the start of the movie ("Relying on seduction will get you killed. I want to see you on the Judo Range!") and later to Ava as well. Ava also tries using her sexuality to distract Adam when her allies show up to kidnap Stefanik... but since Adam had already set a trap for them one of them dies anyway.
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** There are multiple scenes dedicated to showing that the DuelOfSeduction doesn't work. Adam explains this to a potential contact at the start of the movie ("Relying on seduction will get you killed. I want to see you on the Judo Range!") and later to Ava as well. Ava also tries using her sexuality to distract Adam when her allies show up to kidnap Stefanik... but since Adam had already set a trap for them one of them dies anyway.it doesn't work out.
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* ThePilot: Averted at the last moment.
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* ThePilot: Averted At least this was the original plan; the movie was meant to pitch an idea for a spy television show, but at the last moment.minute the producers decided to release it theatrically instead.
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* DangerTakesABackSeat: Adam kills one of Malko's cronies by strangling him with a wire hanger from the back of the van he's driving.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of James Bond style spy movies. The spy here is kind of boring and a jerk. There's no real car chases or explosions. There are even multiple scenes dedicated to explaining how real spies don't rely on seduction and that cases are never solved by playing with sexy ladies on the beach. Unfortunately for the movie, it mostly just ends up showing why regular spy movies do rely on those things; it turns out real spying is kind of boring.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of James Bond style spy movies. The spy here is kind of boring and a jerk. There's no real car chases or explosions. There are even multiple scenes dedicated to explaining how real spies don't rely on seduction and that cases are never solved by playing with sexy ladies on the beach. Unfortunately for the movie, it mostly just ends up showing why regular spy movies do rely on those things; it turns out real spying is kind of boring.
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* DangerTakesABackSeat: Adam kills strangles one of Malko's cronies by strangling him with a wire hanger from the back of the van he's driving.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of James Bond style spy movies.The Unfortunately, it mostly just showed why regular spy here movies usually do rely on those tropes.
** Adam dresses in everyday clothes (mostly cardigan sweaters), [[BadassInANiceSuit never tuxedos]]... which makes sense considering as a spy the goal iskind of boring and to blend in. Looking like a jerk. There's no badass just makes you stand out.
** For that matter, the movie shows that in realcar chases or explosions. life the spy doesn't always win. Neat, though a bit depressing.
** There aren't a whole lot of special gadgets. About the closest thing is Adam's recording device which happens to look like an electric razor, and Ava has a communication system built into a tape recorder. Aside from that, it's pretty much just guns (albeit the spore guns are neat) and [[MacGyvering whatever's lying around]], the latter of which could have been cool if it was handled better.
** There areeven multiple scenes dedicated to explaining how real spies don't rely showing that the DuelOfSeduction doesn't work. Adam explains this to a potential contact at the start of the movie ("Relying on seduction will get you killed. I want to see you on the Judo Range!") and that later to Ava as well. Ava also tries using her sexuality to distract Adam when her allies show up to kidnap Stefanik... but since Adam had already set a trap for them one of them dies anyway.
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'''Adam:''' That's not the way cases arenever solved by playing with sexy ladies on the beach. Unfortunately for the movie, it mostly just ends up showing why regular spy movies do rely on those things; it turns out real spying is kind of boring.solved, babycakes.\\
'''Ava:''' I swim alone then.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of James Bond style spy movies.
** Adam dresses in everyday clothes (mostly cardigan sweaters), [[BadassInANiceSuit never tuxedos]]... which makes sense considering as a spy the goal is
** For that matter, the movie shows that in real
** There aren't a whole lot of special gadgets. About the closest thing is Adam's recording device which happens to look like an electric razor, and Ava has a communication system built into a tape recorder. Aside from that, it's pretty much just guns (albeit the spore guns are neat) and [[MacGyvering whatever's lying around]], the latter of which could have been cool if it was handled better.
** There are
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'''Ava:''' I swim alone then.
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* HotScientist: Ava.Ava, at least insofar as she offers to help Stefanik with his experiments.
* MacGyvering: Adam strangles one of Malko's henchmen using a coat hangar as a makeshift garrote. Later on he kills a henchman using an electric trap made by wiring Stefanik's television to his doorknob.
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** While the modest cast list prevents him from racking up a significant bodycount, Adam is still pretty nonchalant when it comes tokilling.killing. At one point he sets up a lethal electric trap on Dr. Stefanik's door, which anyone could have blundered into, and he shoots two henchman who were trying to escape... even James Bond only kills when the situation demands it!
** Dr. Stefanik as well. He smears his traitorous friend with spores at the beginning of the movie, and later makes a point of dumping spores on Malko, [[spoiler:getting himself dusted with them too in the process.]]
** While the modest cast list prevents him from racking up a significant bodycount, Adam is still pretty nonchalant when it comes to
** Dr. Stefanik as well. He smears his traitorous friend with spores at the beginning of the movie, and later makes a point of dumping spores on Malko, [[spoiler:getting himself dusted with them too in the process.]]
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* ThanksForTheMammary: Adam "accidentally" cops a feel of Ava.
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* ThanksForTheMammary: Adam "accidentally" cops appears to accidentally cop a feel of Ava.Ava. It's actually just the camera angle that makes it look that way.
* UnexplainedRecovery: As mentioned in DangerTakesABackSeat, at one point Adam strangles a henchman with a coat hanger from the back of his van, then jumps out just before the van goes off a cliff and catches fire. Somehow, this henchman ''survives'' that, only to be killed by Adam's electrified door trap later. (You'd be forgiven for not realizing it's the same guy, though, as the actor is so bland-looking and the comment from Adam confirming it is blink-and-you'll-miss-it quick.)
* UnexplainedRecovery: As mentioned in DangerTakesABackSeat, at one point Adam strangles a henchman with a coat hanger from the back of his van, then jumps out just before the van goes off a cliff and catches fire. Somehow, this henchman ''survives'' that, only to be killed by Adam's electrified door trap later. (You'd be forgiven for not realizing it's the same guy, though, as the actor is so bland-looking and the comment from Adam confirming it is blink-and-you'll-miss-it quick.)
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* DangerTakesABackSeat: Adam kills one of Malko's cronies by strangling him with a wire hanger from the back of the van he's driving - but not before forcing him to take him somewhere. Uh ''huh''.
** Chance attacks the {{Mook|s}} just as he's leaving the BigBad's hideout. If the guy didn't keep driving the other {{Mooks}} would know something was wrong.
** Chance attacks the {{Mook|s}} just as he's leaving the BigBad's hideout. If the guy didn't keep driving the other {{Mooks}} would know something was wrong.
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* DangerTakesABackSeat: Adam kills one of Malko's cronies by strangling him with a wire hanger from the back of the van he's driving - but not before forcing him driving.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of James Bond style spy movies. The spy here is kind of boring and a jerk. There's no real car chases or explosions. There are even multiple scenes dedicated totake him somewhere. Uh ''huh''.
** Chance attacksexplaining how real spies don't rely on seduction and that cases are never solved by playing with sexy ladies on the {{Mook|s}} beach. Unfortunately for the movie, it mostly just as he's leaving the BigBad's hideout. If the guy didn't keep driving the other {{Mooks}} would know something was wrong.ends up showing why regular spy movies do rely on those things; it turns out real spying is kind of boring.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of James Bond style spy movies. The spy here is kind of boring and a jerk. There's no real car chases or explosions. There are even multiple scenes dedicated to
** Chance attacks
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* FailedASpotCheck: Since Ava was stupid enough to register for the Vienna Archery Competition using her ''real'' name, Adam easily caught her...after it was too late to actually do much. By that point she'd pretty done everything she set out to do short of killing Adam and/or escaping. So both of these morons get a round of applause for their ineptitude at their jobs.
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* FailedASpotCheck: Since Ava was stupid enough to register for the Vienna Archery Competition using her ''real'' name, Adam easily caught her...after it was too late to actually do much. By that point she'd pretty much done everything she set out to do short of killing Adam and/or escaping. So both of these morons get a round of applause for their ineptitude at their jobs.
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'''''Agent for H.A.R.M.''''' is a 1965 American Spy Movie.
The plot concerns the development and distribution of a biological warfare compound referred to as "spore." Said spore turns humans into "living fungus," rather quickly and is apparently painless. Comrade Basil Malko is developing the spore to destroy the population of the United States by dusting the crops. The only man that can stop him is Dr. Jan Stefanik, a biologist from behind the IronCurtain.
After Stefanik defects from behind the IronCurtain to the United States, his assistant is killed at his makeshift lab outside San Diego. The eponymous H.A.R.M. sends one of its agents, Adam Chance, to help protect the scientist. Unfortunately, there's various and sundry baddies led by the evil Malko, who would love nothing more than to turn Stefanik into guacamole.
The plot concerns the development and distribution of a biological warfare compound referred to as "spore." Said spore turns humans into "living fungus," rather quickly and is apparently painless. Comrade Basil Malko is developing the spore to destroy the population of the United States by dusting the crops. The only man that can stop him is Dr. Jan Stefanik, a biologist from behind the IronCurtain.
After Stefanik defects from behind the IronCurtain to the United States, his assistant is killed at his makeshift lab outside San Diego. The eponymous H.A.R.M. sends one of its agents, Adam Chance, to help protect the scientist. Unfortunately, there's various and sundry baddies led by the evil Malko, who would love nothing more than to turn Stefanik into guacamole.
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The plot concerns the development and distribution of a biological warfare compound referred to as "spore." Said spore turns humans into "living fungus," rather quickly and is apparently painless. Comrade Basil Malko is developing the spore to destroy the population of the United States by dusting the crops. The only man that can stop him is Dr. Jan Stefanik, a biologist from behind the
After Stefanik defects from behind the
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For the ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E15AgentForHARM episode recap page]].
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For the ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E15AgentForHARM episode recap page]].
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* GoodIsNotNice:
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* GoodIsNotNice:GoodIsNotNice: Adam Chance, definitely.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: Done quite subtly in the opening scene. Dr. Stefanik's friend, who was supposed to smuggle him out of Russia, betrays him instead and shoots his assistant in the face with a spore gun. Stefanik wrestles with the man and beats him, taking the gun in the process, but declines to ''shoot'' the man, instead deliberately smearing his opponent's hand over the infected spot on his dead assistant's face, so that he'll dissolve slowly from his hand up. One Hell of a way to go, even for a traitor.
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* TheUnreveal: The film reveals quite early that Eva is TheMole.
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* TheUnreveal: The film reveals quite early that Eva Ava is TheMole.