MacGruber is a 2010 American action comedy film based on the Saturday Night Live sketch of the same name, itself a parody of action-adventure television series MacGyver. The film stars Will Forte in the title role; Kristen Wiig as his love interest/partner, Vicki St. Elmo; Ryan Phillippe as Dixon Piper, a young lieutenant who becomes part of MacGruber's team; Val Kilmer as the villain, Dieter von Cunth; and Maya Rudolph as MacGruber's dead wife, Casey. The film was released on May 21, 2010, after being pushed from its original April 23 date. In eastern Siberia's Dzhugdzhur Mountains, Dieter... Von Cunth and his men take control of the X-5 missile, which has a nuclear warhead. On the other side of the world Col. Jim Faith and Lt. Dixon Piper are searching for former Green Beret, Navy SEAL and Army Ranger MacGruber in Ecuador. The two men find MacGruber meditating in a chapel, and try to convince him to return to the United States in an effort to retrieve the warhead.
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| Release date: | May 21, 2010 |
| Directed by: | Jorma Taccone |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 90 Minutes |
| Producer: | Lorne Michaels, John Goldwyn |
| Editor: | Jamie Gross |
| Music by: | Matthew Compton |
| Cinematography: | Brandon Trost |
| Screenplay by: | John Solomon, Will Forte, Jorma Taccone |
| Estimated budget: | $10,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | MacGruber |
| Genre: | Action, Comedy |