Python Hyena
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999): Dir: Jay Roach / Cast: Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Verne Troyer, Rob Lowe, Seth Green: Sequel is more of the same yet with some added vulgar bits. Its slang title is based on the 1977 Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, and was controversial in some countries. It has a hilarious opening where Dr. Evil is a guest on The Jerry Springer Show. After an unsuccessful honeymoon Austin's mojo is stolen by Dr. Evil. With a suddenly available time machine Powers ventures back to 1969 to stop him. Director Jay Roach is skilled at comedy but the idea that Powers never needed his mojo makes the plot totally useless. Mike Myers effectively plays three roles. Asides from Powers and Dr. Evil he also plays evil agent Fat Bastard. Heather Graham plays Miss Shagwell whose name sums up her nature. She seems to have better chemistry with Myers than Elizabeth Hurley, whose role was too much of a romantic cliché. Rob Lowe is hilarious as agent #2 despite the fact that the role is somewhat reduced. Verne Troyer steals scenes as Mini-Mi who is a clone of Dr. Evil. He conducts whatever orders given until he is "flushed" into space. Seth Green also returns as Scott Evil whose status as Dr. Evil's son is pushed aside by Mini-Mi. Great colourful production and makeup effects highlight this sequel with a screenplay that was totally shagged. Score: 4 / 10
Troy Putland
The Spy Who Shagged Me, Austin Powers' 2nd installment, hits the funny bone a lot harder than International Man of Mystery. The story is easy going; Dr. Evil (Myers) wants to destroy the world, Austin Powers (Myers) wishes to save it. That's it. This time though, he must do it without his mojo; the Doc went back in time to the 60's and stole it from Austin's cryogenic form. It reverses its role from the previous outing. IMOM saw the hero and villain hit the future with naivety, TSWSM has them bringing the 90's back with them. It makes little sense, has no new gags, but its execution is better. The poo and dick jokes outweighs the flops, which comes down to two things; new faces and old. Heather Graham surpasses Hurley in looks and sensuality. She's the girl that likes to 'hop on the good foot and do the bad thing'. Evil is Myer's more intricate character, the relationship with his son Scott (Green) is a constant barrel of laughs, from their family dispute on Jerry Springer to father & son therapy. Myer's new addition Fat Bastard is a loose cannon who gets the worst (jokes) of the worst, but Verne Troyer's Mini Me adds discrimination to the fold. Same as before, fans of the first will love, but it's very unlikely that TSWSM will gain new ones.Check out my other film reviews on http://straighttelling.co.uk
lancekoz55-1
This sequel is absolutely no more than a tenth as amusing as the original. The lighthearted charm of spoofing the early Bond movies is not nearly as evident here. Instead, it is full of disgusting body 'humor', made up of showing and implying the ugliness of obesity and all matters concerning what goes in or may come out of the anus. Short visuals that might generate a laugh are on screen way too long. Even the 'mini-Me', a cute concept, just becomes a dreary, hyperactive ass joke at one point. All of which makes me wonder, who is the audience for this? The humor is slanted toward maybe 12 yr old boys, who would be way too young to care about the concept of a Bond James spoof in the first place. And imho, it's way too filthy and sexually oriented for them.
gwnightscream
Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Michael York, Rob Lowe, Robert Wagner, Mindy Sterling, Seth Green and Verne Troyer star in this 1999 comedy sequel. This installment begins with spy, Austin Powers (Myers) on his honeymoon with Vanessa (Elizabeth Hurley) and it turns out that she's a robot assassin working for Dr. Evil (Myers). After she fails to extinguish him, he learns of Dr. Evil's volcano hideout by Basil (York). Dr. Evil decides to travel back in time to 1969 to steal Austin's mojo and plans on destroying Washington, D.C. Austin learns of Dr. Evil's plan and also travels to 1969 where he meets agent, Felicity Shagwell (Graham) who helps him and they begin falling for each other. Wagner is back as Number 2 with Lowe playing his younger self in 1969, Sterling returns as Frau, Green returns as Scott and Troyer plays Dr. Evil's pint size clone, Mini-Me. This is a good sequel and Myers is great as usual. I recommend this.
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