A 1990 British-American action comedy directed by Michael Winner that follows two scientists (Michael Caine and Roger Moore) selling cold fusion to foreign governments that ends up in the hands of their criminal counterparts.
The movie also stars Sally Kirkland, Lee Patterson, Deborah Moore, Mark Burns, Derren Nesbitt, Christopher Adamson, Angus Mac Kay, Nicholas Courtney, John Woodnutt, and Mildred Shay.
It was released on November 2, 1990.
Tropes for the film:
- Criminal Doppelgänger: The plot features a pair of Con Men who attempt to exploit their resemblance to a pair of nuclear physicists (also played by Caine and Moore) who believe they have invented a limitless supply of energy. At the ends of the movie, they lose all their money investing in a movie about themselves starring John Cleese, who turned out to be a conman who just happened to look like Cleese (played, of course, by John Cleese).
- Education Through Pyrotechnics: There is Roger Moore as a conman posing as Bavistock, one of the two scientists who've invented a fusion reactor. The scene foreshadows the ending where the scientists are revealed to be frauds themselves, and the fusion reactor they've designed blows up when Margaret Thatcher turns on the power at the official opening ceremony,Chesterson: Bavistock, I've got a bone to pick with you! I tried to reproduce that experiment of yours in last month's Scientific American. It blew the roof off my frigging garage!Fake Bavistock: Well... maybe you didn't understand the article!
Chesterson: And maybe... your design is horseshit! - Identical Stranger: Moore and Caine play dual roles as a pair of small time con-men and a pair of inept nuclear physicists who believe they have invented a limitless supply of energy. The con men use their resemblance to the scientists to con their way into the scientists' safe deposit boxes and steal the formula, but in doing so, they become entangled in a shady world of spies and international intrigue.
- One-Word Title: Bullseye.
- Tagline: "On target... and totally off the wall!".
