Thursday, October 23, 2008

Get Smart - Reasonably Smart


Well..here comes another parody on spies.. I could think about James Bond here but it is a more satirized version.. Steve Carell (The 40 year old Virgin) is Agent Smart..who's aim is to become a field agent..and his inspiration is none else than Agent 23..played by the classy Dwyane Johnson a.k.a The Rock..He is denied a promotion at work because his chief, played by Alan Arkin thinks he is too valuable for the organization.. but when CONTROL head quarters is attacked by KAOS, the terrorist organization led by Siegfried. Finally Agent Smart is forced to become Agent 86. He teams up with the Agent 99 (the stunning Anne Hathaway) and travels to Russia to infiltrate KAOS's Moscow nuclear weapons factory.. though both Agent 99 and Max do not initially get together as Agent 99 always thinks she is a step ahead of Max, Max impresses her a few times by saving her life..once even from Siegfried's henchman Dalip (Dalip Singa a.ka. the "Great Khali" from the WWE) . The rest of the movie is how they smartly thwart the evil plans of Siegfried together and how finally Agent 99 falls for Max. Steve Carell is impressive as Max.. he shows a mix of emotions with expressions so plastic that you sometimes you feel bad for him.. Dwayne Johnson as Agent 23 is the usual smirky personality that he was identified with in the WWE.. Anne Hathaway as Agent 99 also does her part with elan.. Dalip Singh should talk English..atleast in an English movie.. am not sure if he does not know English though..overall a nice watch..

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