July 1, 2008
RATED PG-13
DISTRIBUTED BY
Warner Bros.
DIRECTED BY
Peter Segal
STARRING
Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart; Anne Hathaway as Agent 99; Dwayne Johnson as Agent 23; Alan Arkin as The Chief; Terence Stamp as Siegfried
Okay, I hate to admit it, but I’m old enough to have seen Get Smart the first time (when I was very young). So, it’s interesting to see how Steve Carell pulls off the remake.
Plugged In Online gives their POV on the movie. Here’s a brief excerpt. (Click here to read the whole review by Plugged In Online’s, Bob Hoose).
EXCERPT: Maxwell Smart, as his surname indicates, knows his stuff. He earns his keep as a fastidious, detail-oriented surveillance wonk in the employ of the super-secret government espionage agency known as CONTROL. Max is so skilled at aforementioned wonking, in fact, that even after he passes the field agent’s exam, his boss, the Chief, informs him that he’s too valuable to let go. Max, who’s worked steadily toward his dream of becoming a field agent, is crushed. Nevertheless, he dutifully soldiers on.
All that changes, however, when agents from the nefarious super-evil organization known as KAOS somehow infiltrate CONTROL and begin bumping off its undercover operatives. So Max gets called up as Agent 86. He’s partnered with Agent 99, a pretty female spy whose identity was the only one not compromised in the breach.
There’s a little strain between the two as Max tries to prove his mettle in the field. But through his nerdy know-how and the use of some goofy gadgets, he soon stumbles upon KAOS’ dastardly plot.
The problem is, nobody believes him. . . Read the rest of Bob Hoosier’s great review, complete with positive and negative elements and whether he thinks it’s worth the $9 and a box of popcorn.
