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Potty Pair of Professionals
Charles Brickley from Andover, Hampshire England,
16th April, 2007
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. Worth the money.