Austin Powers – Spion in geheimer Missionarsstellung (1999)

Austin Powers – Spion in geheimer Missionarsstellung: Directed by Jay Roach. With Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Michael York, Robert Wagner. Dr. Evil is back and has invented a new time machine that allows him to go back to the 1960s and steal Austin Powers’ mojo, inadvertently leaving him “shagless”.

“The follow-up to 1997u0026#39;s Austin Powers:International Man of Mystery was probably not a certainty form the get-go:if I recall correctly,the first Austin Powers was NOT the smashing success of a box-office film that many involved initially imagined,and had it not been for a strong reaction from video and DVD renters,the franchise mayu0026#39;ve stopped at one. Since I happened to enjoy the first one(saw it on video BTW),I can honestly say that while the sequels seemed to have depreciating value,Iu0026#39;m still glad that Myers and company went ahead with the follow-ups.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNow acclimated to the u0026#39;90s,Austin(Myers,who else?)is about to settle into wedded bliss when heu0026#39;s attacked in his honeymoon suite by a legion of Fembots,given marching orders by a refugeed Dr.Evil(Myers,see previous ref). It seems that Evilu0026#39;s back trying to destroy the free world,this time with the aid of a time machine of his own making. Of course,the British secret service ALSO has a time machine(of course),and Austin races through time to stop Evilu0026#39;s plans,this time with the help of one Felicity Shagwell(Heather Graham,beautiful,sexy,game,and yet somehow out of her element here),an American NOC agent from the year 1969. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA whole series,moving almost in waves,of sight-gags,verbal plays and yet more homages to Bond and Bond-type movies of the u0026#39;60s,basically keeps the continuity of the original going seamlessly. Much of the cast from the last movie– particularly Robert Wagner as the chief Hench,Seth Green as sullen son Scott Evil,Mindy Sterling as Frau FArbissima,Michael York as Basil Exposition and Will Ferrell as Mustafa the Assassin(who must be asked the same question THREE times in order to get information. One of my favorite gags from the movie)–are back,supplemented by Rob Lowe as the younger Number Two,Verne Troyer as Evilu0026#39;s identical clone,one-tenth his size and Myers again as Fat Bastard,a Scotish assassin with a violent temper who weighs a metric ton(I think Iu0026#39;m paraphrasing there),among others. Cameos by(among others) Burt Bacharach(as from the previous film)and Elvis Costello are added to give the film itu0026#39;s small slice of romanticism. Jay Roach returns to direct this one,and he,as usual,is near transparent in allowing Myers(not only star and co-producer but also screenwriter)to pretty much take this film as high,low,far,close,loud,soft and whatever as he fancies. While the originalu0026#39;s flavor seems to be getting steadily diluted by the u0026quot;franchise effectu0026quot; of sequels(in other words,the effect that kind of makes a movie more of a u0026quot;productu0026quot; than a piece of entertainment),it still has the same sass,cheeky humor and fun to keep it quite enjoyable.”