| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Eddie Murphy |
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| Owen Wilson |
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| Famke Janssen |
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| Malcolm McDowell |
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| Movie Details |
| Director |
Betty Thomas |
| Producer |
Mario Kassar; Betty Thomas |
| Writer |
David Ronn; Jay Scherick |
| Studio |
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| Running Time |
97 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| Eddie Murphy needed a comeback after The Adventures of Pluto Nash, but I Spy didn't provide it. As with his previous turkey, Murphy's the least of this movie's problems; his spitfire delivery begs for better plotting and dialogue, and his teaming with Owen Wilson had even more promise than Wilson's Shanghai comedies with Jackie Chan. But this unfunny hash--bearing no resemblance to the 1960s Bill Cosby-Robert Culp TV series that inspired it--undermines Murphy and Wilson at every turn, stranding them in scenes that play well in isolation but never form a coherent action-comedy. It's not that director Betty Thomas is incapable; she just seems uninterested, going through the motions while Eddie, Owen, and Famke Janssen play spy games in Budapest, chasing after a villain (Malcolm McDowell, wasted again) who's stolen a sleek, invisibility-cloaked jet bomber called the Switchblade. Explosions, shootouts, double-crosses... ignore it all, and find what pleasure you can in Eddie and Owen's aimless banter. --Jeff Shannon |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
201 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Links |
Amazon US
DVD Empire
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Standard 1.33:1 Color |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
043396087064 |
| Chapters |
28 |
| Release Date |
06/04/2004 |
| Subtitles |
English; French |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby |
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