Siskel and Ebert once ran a special show entitled "Movies I'm Embarrassed to Admit I Liked." I suppose that if I composed such a list of guilty pleasures, this one would be one of them . . . but upon reflection, it's really a lot better than that. Fifteen year-old science prodigy Mitch (Gabe Jarret) is recruited by ambitious college professor William Atherton (in yet another of his patented roles as a loathsome character) to work on the professor's prize laser project, not knowing that the prof is really developing a government weapon. Along the way, Mitch is befriended by Chris (Val Kilmer), another prodigy a few years his senior who teaches the Mitch how to loosen up. This could have degenerated into nothing more than just another teen revenge comedy, but there's so much more: the dialogue is laced with sharp wit there are some lovely scenes that have nothing to do with the story yet are carefully set up, almost as blackouts (e.g., Mitch goes to a lecture at which a few students have left tape recorders instead of attending later, at another lecture there are more tape recorders than students and, in a final scene, one large tape recorder gives the lecture to a room populated by nothing but other small recorders!) and throw-away scenes that make you want to stop and back up the tape (e.g., Chris off-handedly cutting a slice off a bar of solid nitrogen to make a slug for the coffee machine). It's also one of the few movies to boast the presence of the memorable Michelle Meyerink -- as Jordan, the "girl-nerd" who made being smart and female something to be emulated. And there's Tears for Fears great song, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" providing the perfect coda as the closing credits begin to roll . . . . Yes: really now, what's there to be embarrassed about?
一伙年轻盗贼(西恩威廉史考特等)举办了一场疯狂的摇头派对掩人耳目，他们计划暗中窃入隔壁的银行盗取现款……由于音波互相干扰，警铃声响将被抵销…… 班被债主迫得走投无路，决定与几名友人爆窃银行。他们开了场疯狂的摇头派对掩人耳目，然后溜进隔壁的银行偷窃，利用音波互相干扰来抵销警铃声响。怎料波折重重，这群笨贼屡次失手，国际刑警突然出现，死对头又走来搞破坏……
对于这个世界闻名的丑角三人组来说，没有任何一种艺术形式是神圣的。他们对侦探片也狠狠地嘲弄了一番：他们揭穿了店主的欺诈行为并以自己独特的方式将商店整理得焕然一新……和几乎所有的马克斯三兄弟的电影一样，情节只充当一根将所有单个场面串联起来的绳子。这座巨大的商店有着数不清的科室、规章条款、各式各样的人以及奇特的行事方式，这一切都给予了三兄弟足够的空间来传播她们恶毒的、毁灭性的幽默。
