Spies in Disguise, marketed as an animated comedy, satirizes spy movies. Will Smith is the voice of arrogant and narcissistic super spy, Lance Sterling, the Agency’s top operative. Walter Beckett (Tom Holland) invents cool spy stuff for the Agency (think Q from the Bond movies) but many times Walter’s gadgets and chemicals don’t exactly work right.
Lance Sterling gets framed by super villain Killian (Ben Mendelsohn) who sports a robotic arm and a plot to destroy the Agency with battle drones. Head of the Agency, Joyless (Reba McEntire), finds her top agent on the run. Internal Affairs agent, Wendy (Rashida Jones), and her amusing minions–Eyes (Karen Gillian) and Ears (DJ Khaled)–chase Lance Sterling to a resort in Mexico…with icky results!
Sure, Spies in Disguise is a silly movie, but if you’re in the mood for fun, weirdness, and action, this movie delivers! GRADE: B
I saw JUST MERCY yesterday. I would have rather seen this. What a depressing film.
Patti, I’m just not in the mood to be depressed. I feeling I’ve already seen JUST MERCY from all the trailers and interviews. SPIES IN DISGUISE made me laugh–which is exactly what I wanted right now with Impeachment looming.
Putting this on my watch-list, George. I have not seen a good animated film in quite a long time.
Prashant, SPIES IN DISGUISE spoofs spy movies. It’s not great, but it is entertaining.
No. No, no, no.
YESTERDAY: Yay for LSU! Just three more football games left until Fall, which is fine with Barbara. We don’t watch much else in the way of sports, though this year there will be the Olympics.
Rick, I’m pretty much done with sports after the Super Bowl. I’ll get interested again sometime in September. Diane likes to watch the gymnastics part of the Olympics, but I’d rather read a book.
*cue up ‘Here Come the Yankees’*
We saw KNIVES OUT today. Other than the vomiting and Daniel Craig’s ludicrous on-and-off accent, it was pretty entertaining. Up next: STAR WARS and PARASITE, then LITTLE WOMEN. No interest in depressing movies.
Jeff, we enjoyed KNIVES OUT! Supposedly, a sequel is in the works. STAR WARS was okay. You’ll like LITTLE WOMEN. I’m not so sure about PARASITE.