I Spy (2002)

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Studio: Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group Studio: Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: Nov 1, 2002
Running Time: 96 mins. (V)
Country Of Origin: United States
director: Betty Thomas
synopsis
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.
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rating October 31, 2002
I Spy something lazy, slow, shallow, stupid, amateurish, unfunny, unsuspenseful, uninformed, unspeakably dull and witlessly written, directed and acted (the special effects suck, too). It's the movie version of I Spy, the 1960s TV series that scored a racial breakthrough by pairing Robert Culp, as a tennis- pro spy, with Bill Cosby, as his spy trainer.

This time Eddie Murphy plays the athlete (he's a boxer) and Owen Wilson is the spy guy. The racial switch seems to have exhausted the… Continued

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The pairing of Murphy and Wilson is one of those things that sounds good in theory, but fails in practice. Their performances are all right, but the script doesn't demand anything of them and expects the duo to be funny simply because they are opposites. Murphy portrays a foul-mouthed egomaniac athlete who travels with a huge entourage that dotes on his every need. He delivers his lines in the fast-talking manner that has become his trademark, and while a lot of them are funny, they are too… Continued

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Director
Kelly Robinson
Alex Scott
Rachel
Arnold Gundars
Carlos
Jerry
Lunchbox
Lieutenant Percy
Edna
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