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That's what the producers must have been thinking when they took on this film. It is so predictable that fifteen minutes into the film you can turn it off and throw the DVD out without feeling you missed anything other than the end credits. Another problem with "Pure Country" is the leading man can't act. Now I think George Strait is a fantastic country artist(I have a few of his CD's)but as an actor his performance seems like he is reading que cards throughout the film and his emotional range is somewhere between fence post and telephone pole. He has a fine supporting cast and the music is great but they cannot overcome Strait's amateur performance. If you must have George Strait on DVD, Shy away from "Pure Country" and get one of his concert DVD's.

Of all the spoof films the Zucker brothers and Jim Abrahams have made, This one sticks out as the sore thumb. With the success of 1980's "Airplane", They tried to recapture the magic in "Top Secret" to no avail. I watched the opening sequence with Shotgun toting surfers riding the waves to the tune of "Skeet Surfin" sure the rest of the film would be just as good. I was wrong. The film just wasn't funny. Granted, There were some silly moments but the writing just didn't measure up, The timing was off and the direction lacking. Maybe it was the premise of mixing a 1950's rock and roll star in a cold war setting that was the mistake as their later films such as "The Naked Gun" and "Hot Shots" proved the genre can be successful if done properly.

This is not just a movie, It's actually 4 movies and a television series to boot! There are plotlines, similar characters, special effects, costumes and even dialog from "The Last Starfighter", "The Matrix", "Runaway", "Robocop" and "Star Trek". Even then they couldn't patch together a watchable film. Jamie Leigh Curtis gives a performance worthy of one those screams from Holloween and there ought to be a law limiting the number of Baldwin brothers allowed to torture us with awful performances. What reason did a great character actor like Donald Sutherland have to make a clunker like this, only god knows. One thing for certain, The next time I see this film it will probably be on "Mystery Science Theater 3000" getting about the same review...