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I Spy (2002) 5.4
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Reviews: 139 user | 104 critic | 31 from Metacritic.com A professional athlete has to help a U.S. government agent recover a missing jet. Director:Betty ThomasWriters:Morton S. Fine (characters) (as Morton Fine) , David Friedkin (characters), 6 more credits » |
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When the Switchblade, the most sophisticated prototype stealth fighter created yet, is stolen from the U.S. government, one of the United States' top spies, Alex Scott, is called to action. What he doesn't expect is to get teamed up with a cocky civilian, World Class Boxing Champion Kelly Robinson, on a dangerous top secret espionage mission. Their assignment: using equal parts skill and humor, catch Arnold Gundars, one of the world's most successful illegal arms dealers, and foil his treacherous plans for the plane. Written by Anonymous
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1 November 2002 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$70,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$12,752,803 (USA) (1 November 2002)Gross:
$172,077 (Japan) (25 April 2003)Company Credits
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Written by David Davinch Chance (as David Chance), Dante Chi Jordan (as Dante Jordan) and Memphis Bleek (as Malik Cox)
Performed by Ruff Endz featuring Memphis Bleek
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At the request of Director Betty Thomas, Actor Darren Shahlavi lost 30 pounds to be the same size as Eddie Murphy in the boxing scenes. See more »Goofs
When Kelly and Alex are sitting in the BMW Convertible on the car-transporter they are driving to the north on the quay of the Pest side of the river, but when they drive off the car-transporter they are heading to the south at the Buda side. Note the "Freedom statue" on the right at the top of the hill (Gellérthegy) and the bridge (Erzsébet-híd) in front of him. See more »Soundtracks
Cash, Money, Cars, ClothesWritten by David Davinch Chance (as David Chance), Dante Chi Jordan (as Dante Jordan) and Memphis Bleek (as Malik Cox)
Performed by Ruff Endz featuring Memphis Bleek
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Another Hollywood offering based on the time honoured principle of remaking classic TV shows to guarantee financial returns. However, unlike some that still managed to flop, I Spy for the most part delivers.
The story is typical Bond-style spy action: Someone has stolen a top secret invisible plane from the American government and is selling it on the black market, and it's up to our heroes to get it back. The story is secondary to the comedy in this movie, mostly between its two stars - Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson. Murphy reprises his wise-cracking sidekick role, last seen in Shrek. Instead of a talking donkey though, this time he is a world-champion boxer. If you can with-hold your disbelief of this concept for ninety minutes his performance is fairly enjoyable. At times there is a glimpse of great chemistry between his egotistical celebrity and Wilson's downtrodden spy in love.
Unfortunately this is a movie that suffers from an identity crisis: Is this a spy thriller with jokes, or is it an all out spoof of the genre? Because of this the movie falls somewhat uncomfortably between the two, with long periods with no jokes at all followed by hilarious set-pieces.
Having said all this, I Spy is still fairly entertaining, and if you're just looking for a film to fill a friday evening you could do a lot worse than to choose this one.