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Spy(2015)
Here we have a film that has followed the Johnny English example of spoofing espionage films. Surprisingly real life spies highly rate this film as amongst the most realistic espionage films along with Bourne and Bond franchises as amongst their top spy films in a channel four documentary rundown. Their reason was that it gave a clear picture that the silliest mistakes can occur in operations. Here we have a female version of Johnny English but only more crass and violent.
The main protagonist is our agent with a “tame demeanour” called Susan Cooper (Mellissa McCarthy) playing the Chloe O’Brien role from 24 helping our Jack Bauer in the form of Bradley Fine (Jude Law) on whom she has an elusive crush on whilst operating from a very unhygienic office with rats and bad cake. In addition she is jealous of Karen Walker (Morena Baccarin of Homeland, Gotham and most recently Deadpool) who is the complete opposite of her. Her only ally is Miranda Hart until the CIA chief Allison Janney encourages her to go on the field to save the day.
The film has a very interesting assembling of familiar acting faces in the cast including Rose Byre and Jason Statham. However there is too much grotesque language which clouds over the whole plot which is very thin in comparison to Kingsman. Once Mellissa McCarthy does make her transformation she ends up behaving like Jason Statham. She is a character one can no longer route for like “Eggsy” In Kingsman which had far more convincing character. I much preferred the council state teenager’s transformation in comparison to what I saw in Spy. The film is very uneven with very few laughs in between. The ending does not fit in with the image on Hollywood liberalism and feels like an anti-climax. Perhaps from an introvert perceptive it sends a mere message that to succeed with have to act like a psychopathic extravert. This is a very one dimension with its effects and camera techniques and colourings.
Here we have a film that has followed the Johnny English example of spoofing espionage films. Surprisingly real life spies highly rate this film as amongst the most realistic espionage films along with Bourne and Bond franchises as amongst their top spy films in a channel four documentary rundown. Their reason was that it gave a clear picture that the silliest mistakes can occur in operations. Here we have a female version of Johnny English but only more crass and violent.
The main protagonist is our agent with a “tame demeanour” called Susan Cooper (Mellissa McCarthy) playing the Chloe O’Brien role from 24 helping our Jack Bauer in the form of Bradley Fine (Jude Law) on whom she has an elusive crush on whilst operating from a very unhygienic office with rats and bad cake. In addition she is jealous of Karen Walker (Morena Baccarin of Homeland, Gotham and most recently Deadpool) who is the complete opposite of her. Her only ally is Miranda Hart until the CIA chief Allison Janney encourages her to go on the field to save the day.
The film has a very interesting assembling of familiar acting faces in the cast including Rose Byre and Jason Statham. However there is too much grotesque language which clouds over the whole plot which is very thin in comparison to Kingsman. Once Mellissa McCarthy does make her transformation she ends up behaving like Jason Statham. She is a character one can no longer route for like “Eggsy” In Kingsman which had far more convincing character. I much preferred the council state teenager’s transformation in comparison to what I saw in Spy. The film is very uneven with very few laughs in between. The ending does not fit in with the image on Hollywood liberalism and feels like an anti-climax. Perhaps from an introvert perceptive it sends a mere message that to succeed with have to act like a psychopathic extravert. This is a very one dimension with its effects and camera techniques and colourings.