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I Spy
2002
Special agent Alex Scott and middleweight world champion Kelly Robinson are reluctantly paired for a dangerous mission to recover the Switchblade, the U.S.'s latest and most technologically sophisticated reconnaissance aircraft. The prototype spy plane has fallen into the hands of a nefarious arms dealer, Arnold Gundars, who .. 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
Special agent Alex Scott and middleweight world champion Kelly Robinson are reluctantly paired for a dangerous mission to recover the Switchblade, the U.S.'s latest and most technologically sophisticated reconnaissance aircraft. The prototype spy plane has fallen into the hands of a nefarious arms dealer, Arnold Gundars, who plans to sell it to the highest bidder - a rogue terrorist with access to nuclear warheads. After the U.S. government fails to retrieve the plane through the normal undercover channels, the president asks Robinson to provide civilian cover for agent Scott to find the stealth aircraft before the terrorist transforms it into a delivery system for weapons of mass destruction. Scott needs Robinson to penetrate Gundars' palatial headquarters in Budapest. An avid boxing fan, Gundars is staging a championship bout between the undefeated Robinson (57-0) and the reigning European titleholder. The real contest takes place outside the ring, however, between the cocky Robinson and the put-upon Scott. After a series of near disasters, the two men finally bond in the depths of the Budapest sewer system. Robinson, the womanizer, coaches the shy, insecure Scott in the art of seduction so he can woo Rachel, the beautiful agent who is on assignment with them. In turn, Scott introduces Robinson to the dazzling world of espionage and high-tech spy gadgetry.
| 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 | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: 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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Potty Pair of Professionals
This is one of the many movies made in recent years based upon a successful TV series, in this case the US 1960s show which originally starred Bill Cosby as the Intelligence Agent and Robert Culp as the sportsman recruited to assist and provide a cover story for their activities.
In this spoof by the successful actress and director Betty Thomas the roles are reversed as Alex the Special Agent is played by Owen Wilson and Kelly the World famous Boxing Champion is played by none other than Eddie Murphy. Femme Fatale Rachel is played by the seductive Dutch actress Famke Janssen, reprising her Golden-Eye hard girl role and the International Evil mastermind Gundars is well portrayed by that veteran baddie, Malcolm McDowell.
Despite the hard knocks that it received from the critics, I found that the film had pace, a cynical attitude towards the world of espionage (like XXX that was released the same year) and a good on screen relationship between Murphy and Wilson that sparks quite well. Yes, there are continuity errors, but this is an action movie, not Pride and Prejudice and therefore the odd editing adjustment is harmless enough.
Whilst this was not quite as funny as Dr Doolittle, Murphy was on form, looking fighting fit, the settings were quite impressive and overall I found the film quite enjoyable. The plot is no sillier than the average spy movie and the chases and shoot outs are pretty standard. There are one or two innovations and the ending could have been better, but it was not a waste of ninety minutes.
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- 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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