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I Spy
2002
When the Air Force's newest stealth bomber disappears complete with cloaking device, secret agent Alex Scott (Owen Wilson) is sent to Budapest to find it. To Scott's dismay, he is teamed with undefeated middleweight champion Kelly Robinson (Eddie Murphy), who is slated to fight in Budapest where suspected Stealth thief, arms .. Read more
| Starring | Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Gary Cole, Malcolm McDowell |
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| Director | Betty Thomas |
| Genres | Comedy |
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I Spy
When the Air Force's newest stealth bomber disappears complete with cloaking device, secret agent Alex Scott (Owen Wilson) is sent to Budapest to find it. To Scott's dismay, he is teamed with undefeated middleweight champion Kelly Robinson (Eddie Murphy), who is slated to fight in Budapest where suspected Stealth thief, arms dealer, and boxing fan Arnold Gundars (Malcolm McDowell) is throwing a party in honor of the boxers. Scott uses cool spy equipment to encourage the egotistical Robinson to work with him. Initially at odds with each other, the two eventually bond as they're chased through Budapest by Gundar's henchmen, using spy tools and street smarts to foil the bad guys. To complicate matters, Scott has a crush on sexy agent Rachel (Famke Janssen), who may or may not have her own agenda. Gary Cole plays superstar agent Carlos, the envy of the other agents and the guy with the coolest spy toys. Directed by Betty Thomas (28 DAYS, DR. DOOLITTLE), the film is loosely based on the 1960s television series of the same name starring Robert Culp and Bill Cosby.
| Starring | Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Gary Cole, Malcolm McDowell, Famke Janssen |
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| Director | Betty Thomas |
| Studio | UCA |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 33 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | English, Hindi |
| Released | DVD: 21 Feb 2005 Production year: 2002 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (5)
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This routine reworking of the 1960s Robert Culp/Bill Cosby TV espionage series has US secret agent Alex Scott (Owen Wilson) going undercover as the assistant to boxing champion Kelly Robinson (Eddie Murphy). Scott uses Robinson to get close to a billionaire industrialist (Malcolm McDowell), who is intent on selling an invisible plane to the highest bidder. The laid-back Wilson and the motormouthed Murphy have an engaging on-screen chemistry — the movie is at its best during their obviously improvised bouts of bickering — and there is some fun spy gadgetry on display. However, the likeable twosome are sold short by witless writing, predictable plotting and bog-standard action sequences that fail to spark this action comedy into any sort of life.
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Lacklustre action comedy and an attempt to create a new franchise from an old TV series; it has just a little spark between its two stars to give it an occasional semblance of life.
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Dont listen to anyone, check it out 4 urself!!
When i told people i was going to watch this movie a lot of them said it was rubbish!! bein quite dissapointed i sat down to watch it anyway, and to my supprise i actually really enjoyed it, the one liners are great and Eddie is still a god in my eyes!! Not a life changin movie but great all the same! Dont take my word for it tho, WATCH IT!!
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
If you like Owen Wilson type comedies you will like this one. Does a double act with Eddie Murphy in this spoof spy movie. The seem to work quite well together.
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Dallas movie gets another director
- 24 Aug 2007
The movie remake of long-running television drama Dallas is now to be directed by Betty Thomas, following the replacement of two previous directors and numerous cast changes. According to Empire Online, Thomas - who was responsible for The Brady Bunch Movie, Dr Doolittle and I Spy - will take on the project despite it being mostly without a cast and in the middle of script rewrites. John Travolta has been attached to the film recently, as a possible JR Ewing, while Jennifer Lopez was originally Read more
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I Spy
When the Air Force's newest stealth bomber disappears complete with cloaking device, secret agent Alex Scott (Owen Wilson) is sent to Budapest to find it. To Scott's dismay, he is teamed with undefeated middleweight champion Kelly Robinson (Eddie Murphy), who is slated to fight in Budapest where ...
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