Rivers is an odd "Elvis meets the Beach Boys" rocker since he has songs like "Skeet Surfin'" as well as smooth sounding love songs that cause all the girls around him to swoon (much like Elvis). Rivers is invited to East Germany for a music festival, but he gets caught up in a conspiracy against the High Command that involves a mysterious woman (Hillary, played by Lucy Gutteridge), her brilliant scientist (and prisoner) of a father and a band of French rebels with names like Deja Vu, Chocolate Mousse, and Du Quois.
There are a ton of classic scenes from this movie, like when a pair decide to disguise themselves as a cow to sneak onto a military compound, or when Rivers and Hillary visit a Swedish bookstore (a scene that was actually filmed backwards).
While nothing new is offered in this "I Love The 80's" release of Top Secret, there are still a few worthwhile features (but not a lot). There are four alternate scenes and a commentary with the Zucker Brothers and a few other key people. There is also the additional CD of four 80's songs, but this CD is included in all DVDs from this release line, so if you've already gotten a copy, don't expect anything different. This CD features "Lips Like Sugar" (Echo & the Bunnymen), "Chain of Love" (Erasure), "Need You Tonight" (INXS) and "Take On Me" (a-ha).
Much like the other DVDs in the "I Love The 80's" series, Top Secret isn't worth re-buying, but if you're a fan (or at least a fan of Zucker films in general), and you don't already have this DVD, then this is a good version to buy.
