If Looks Could Kill certainly isn't great art, but it's something that we don't get from enough of in our modern, self-hating pop culture, and that's fun. I wouldn't call it a James Bond spoof so much as a tweak and a wink to the Bond films and their formula.
Richard Grieco makes for a surprisingly charming and likeable hero as the "teen" swept up into international events via mistaken identity and the supporting cast all do a bang-up job worthy of an actual Bond film. Toss in a good, pre-grunge 90s soundtrack, a fine score and a breezy pace many actual Bond films could stand to mimic themselves, and you have an entertaining bit of lightweight, escapist fare.
Richard Grieco makes for a surprisingly charming and likeable hero as the "teen" swept up into international events via mistaken identity and the supporting cast all do a bang-up job worthy of an actual Bond film. Toss in a good, pre-grunge 90s soundtrack, a fine score and a breezy pace many actual Bond films could stand to mimic themselves, and you have an entertaining bit of lightweight, escapist fare.