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Granted, I had indeed never heard about this 1988 comedy titled "Glitch!", from writer and director Nico Mastorakis, prior to stumbling upon it here in 2025. And with it being a movie that I never seen before, of course I opted to give the movie a fair chance.

The storyline in the movie was pretty straightforward, but also very cheesy in the way that only late 1980s movie could muster. So if that is your thing, then you're in for quite a treat here. I have to say that the movie just didn't have enough contents, nor actual funny moments, for me to really enjoy it.

Of the entire cast ensemble, I was only familiar with actor Ted Lange and actress Julia Nickson. The acting performances in the movie were fair.

Watchable, sure, but hardly an outstanding late 1980s comedy.

My rating of writer and director Nico Mastorakis's 1988 movie "Glitch!" lands on a four out of ten stars. Granted, I had indeed never heard about this 1988 comedy titled "Glitch!", from writer and director Nico Mastorakis, prior to stumbling upon it here in 2025. And with it being a movie that I never seen before, of course I opted to give the movie a fair chance.

The storyline in the movie was pretty straightforward, but also very cheesy in the way that only late 1980s movie could muster. So if that is your thing, then you're in for quite a treat here. I have to say that the movie just didn't have enough contents, nor actual funny moments, for me to really enjoy it.

Of the entire cast ensemble, I was only familiar with actor Ted Lange and actress Julia Nickson. The acting performances in the movie were fair.

Watchable, sure, but hardly an outstanding late 1980s comedy.

My rating of writer and director Nico Mastorakis's 1988 movie "Glitch!" lands on a four out of ten stars.

My review was written in December 1988 after watching the film on Academy video cassette.

Action filmmaker Nico Mastorakis switches to comedy with okay results in "Glitch", an insider look at casting a Hollywood movie, that's being released direct-to-video.

After a very slow two-reel opening to laboriously set up the situation of two young goofballs (Will Egan and Steve Donmyer) breaking into Dick Gautier's mansion, pic warms up with the appearance of 100 beauties in bathing suits to audition for Gautier's new film "Sex & Violence".

Egan and Donmyer pose as producer and director of the epic and have fun testing the babes, except for uppity Jula Nickson, who stands up against their sexist behavior. Comedy complications ensue, including a visit from mafia enforcer Ted Lange.

Pic is fun until a name dropping finale in which Mastorakis turns rather preachy, defending the world of low-budget filmmaking (like his "Glitch") against Hollywood's penchant for overly costly blockbusters.

Gimmick of "all those girls" in the cast is pretty much a waste, while leads Nickson and Playboy mag model Teri Weigel are quite appealing on their own. Donmyer's routine of shifting from dullard to smart guy every time a sound occurs (after being hypnotized) is well done as are physical comedy shtick. Comical end credits are funny, including mention of a "bra wrangler" among crew members.

The film opens with two burglars, "Todd" (Will Egan) and "Bo" (Steve Donmyer), breaking into a mansion owned by a movie producer named "Julius Lazar" (Dick Gautier), who is on vacation with his mistress "Missy" (Amy Lyndon). While there, they encounter two other burglars, whom they manage to subdue. Unfortunately, just as they are about to leave, they are interrupted by a man named "Brucie" (Dan Speaker), who is responding to a request for a bodyguard position Julius posted before going on vacation. Naturally, not wanting to raise suspicion, they quickly assume the roles of producer and director, which satisfies Brucie for the time being. Soon after, they find themselves doing all sorts of outrageous things to keep up the ruse, including inviting dozens of young women over to audition for a movie they are pretending to make. I will just say that this was one of the most boring comedies I have ever seen, mainly because of the complete lack of humor throughout, with one scene after another falling flat. It was pretty bad. So much so that, if it weren't for the many attractive women in this picture, I would have rated it even lower.

Two schmucks try to rob a rich guy's house. They get mistaken as the owners when beautiful women show up for a casting party.

I saw this on Comedy Central. What a s--- of a film.

The unedited version has nudity but who cares? Buy a copy of Playboy and feel sorry for Ted Lange (Issac the bartender from "The Love Boat") who plays the bad guy badly.

I watched it from the beginning to the end. It had a nice house for a set. The lead actor was cute enough to be a star but he did not have much of an opportunity to do anything with the poor script. The idea is great. A couple of guys want to rob a luxury mansion while the owner is away. Another burglar gets in the way and things quickly go from worse to worser and rock bottom. Burglary can be funny but this is not up to the standards of a great comic like Moe Howard or Chevy Chase or Phyllis Diller. This could have been well done with Bill Murray and Matthew Broderick if Harold Ramis had written it and taken out the breast buffet. A few scenes work well and some of the actors had their moments, including the bodyguard with his sword fight and karate kicks.

At the end of the movie, a conversation about how to be successful in Hollywood is quite well done.

The worst scene might be the pink toy helicopter and Ted Lange having a battle. A couple of poor stunt falls down flights of stairs shouts out "amateur." Photography is fine. Poor Dick Gautier. He must have owed somebody something or he would have run from this in the beginning. It is so far beneath his sterling comedy characterizations in Get Smart. Ted Lange was trying hard here but his role was very lame. Dick and Ted could have done much better with almost anything.

If you make it through the soup and salad and main course of this film, the dessert isn't bad. After that comes the nuts. I hope someone redoes this plot someday with a subtle approach and some great actors. The lead guy could have been OK if he had worked in something like Gotcha, but this wasn't that.