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DVD Agent Cody Banks
Doing for awkward teens what the Spy Kids movies did for grade-schoolers, Agent Cody Banks is a wish-fulfillment adventure for James Bond wannabes who are still too young to shave. Just in time for puberty's curtain call, Malcolm in the Middle's Frankie Muniz stars in the title role as a 15-year-old recruit to the CIA's youth-agent program, who gets what millions of men desire: a face full of Angie Harmon's cleavage. (It's just for laughs; the sexy Law & Order alumnus plays Cody's CIA handler, but you've got to admit this Bond Girl with a boy thing is a bit perverse.) Otherwise, the movie's a low-rent Bond clone from the director of One Night at McCool's, with a pair of twisted villains (Ian McShane, Arnold Vosloo) threatening to unleash stolen "Nanobot" technology that can ruin everyone's day. It's barely fun enough to be worthwhile, but the best gag (at 007's expense) is buried in the soundtrack, when a CIA receptionist announces, "Will the owner of a silver Aston Martin please report to security... you are parked in a handicapped zone." So much for respecting your elders! --Jeff Shannon
Cody Banks (Frankie Muniz), one of the CIA's teenage operatives, is activated in order to get close to the daughter (Hilary Duff) of a scientist (Martin Donovan) who has created deadly nanobots that consume everything they encounter. In addition to the usual menaces one faces when attempting to save the world, he must conquer his fear of girls. This is an entertaining pastiche of the James Bond films with a lively cast, but it doesn't go anywhere that you don't expect it to. By the end, I was ready for it to be over.
Yuck!
This movie sucks! Bad story! Like a kid is gonna be in the cia duh! Bad acting The stuck up Hillary duff and Frankie Muniz... Bad combination! Plus Cody (Frankie Muniz) is such a wimp! he has to run at the bad guys and punch them cause' he is so weak! Bad movie! Why would a kid wanna be in the cia??? The cia is evil!
Think of it as James Bond for kids...
I'm sure if you liked James Bond 007, then you, as well as an American or a Canadian kid, would love this movie. It's fun and funny; just proves how weird those Northwesterners really are! (No offense...)
And the DVD is good, too: you can watch it in widescreen or fullscreen, and I especially enjoyed "How To Talk To Girls" - don't worry, I know which is fact and which is myth.
And, did you know this DVD has an easter egg? While no website makes any mention regarding easter eggs on the Region 1 (this one) release at all, but there's plenty for the Region 2 UK version, this DVD (R1) actually has an easter egg! On side 2, go to the bonus features. On the first page, go down to the middle of the menu and press the left arrow. A circle will be highlighted. Hit "Enter" and you will see a minute-long deal from the director about goofs from the film (like when Ronica tries to take off her jet pack) and ends with "From now on, when you see these parts, you'll know what's wrong!" I was able to find this out because the menu designs for Region 1 are identical to those in Region 2, give or take a few MGM trailers. Editors: take note.
American and Canadian kids, if you want an exciting adventure movie, call for Banks...Cody Banks.
WARNING: US/Canada DVD (this one) contains double earclap in kitchen-fighting scene (not present on British version as that would have been a '15.' See my "Airplane!" review for US equivalent.)
The dark, bushy eyebrows of Frankie Muniz star in Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, ably supported by the natty facial hair of Anthony Anderson (Kangaroo Jack) and the freckled chipmunk cheeks of British pop starlet Hannah Spearritt. Teenage secret agent Cody Banks (Muniz, Malcolm in the Middle) must track down a former instructor who's gone rogue with a mind-control microchip. Banks masquerades as a musical prodigy to get close to a snobby, egocentric scientist in London who's the only person who can make the microchip work. Along the way Banks hooks up with a demoted agent (Anderson) and a cute-as-a-bug Scotland Yard operative (Spearritt). Flimsy, disposable, but only occasionally insulting, Cody Banks 2 will most likely entertain fans of the first... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Frankie Muniz - Anthony Anderson - Hannah Spearritt Director(s): Kevin Allen DVD Release Date: Released the 13 July 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Pitting kids against grown-ups has always been a reliable source of comedy, and Big Fat Liar indulges the "smart kid vs. dumb adult" fantasy with infectious enthusiasm. In this case it's Frankie Muniz from TV's Malcolm in the Middle, playing a Michigan eighth-grader whose penchant for lying results in parental scorn when he claims that a Hollywood movie mogul (ace character actor Paul Giamatti) has stolen the kid's hastily written English essay and turned it into his upcoming summer blockbuster. The kid only wants to prove his honesty and recruits his girlfriend (spunky TV star Amanda Bynes) to beat the honcho on his Hollywood turf. Elaborate practical jokes and slapstick gags turn this kid stuff (scripted and produced by two former child stars) into an enjoyable send-up of... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Frankie Muniz - Amanda Bynes Director(s): Shawn Levy DVD Release Date: Released the 24 September 2002 Usually ships in 6 to 8 days
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Carmen and Juni Cortez will soon find out that their favorite bedtime story, "The Spies Who Fell in Love," is really the story of their parents. So begins this affable fantasy, a James Bond adventure for wee ones with all the trimmings. When Dad and Mom (Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino) mess up their first mission after coming out of retirement, their kids must come to the rescue, equipped with some cool gadgets. The Cortez family gets involved in a bizarre plot hatched by a Pee-wee Herman-type entertainer named Fegan Floop (a wonderfully hammy Alan Cumming) that's as giddy as it is ridiculous. Needless to say there is plenty of derring-do concerning long-lost uncles, goofy monsters, double agents, evil robots, look-alikes, and energized chases. Did we mention the gadgets? Although... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Antonio Banderas - Carla Gugino - Alexa Vega - Daryl Sabara Director(s): Robert Rodriguez DVD Release Date: Released the 18 September 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The adventures of pint-sized secret agents Juni and Carmen Cortes (Daryl Sabara and Alexa Vega) continue. As Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over opens, Juni has left the spy agency and launched a career as a private detective--but when he learns that his sister Carmen has disappeared into a nefarious multi-user computer game, he agrees to go in after her, with the assistance of his grandfather (Ricardo Montalban). Three-dimensional special effects launch us into a topsy-turvy world of battling robots, souped-up motorcycle races, frogs on pogo sticks, surfing on hot lava, and much, much more. The story is even more incoherent than an actual computer game--but the movie storms along, driven by writer/director/editor/everything-else Robert Rodriguez's sheer visual enthusiasm. Featuring Sylvester... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Antonio Banderas - Carla Gugino - Alexa Vega - Daryl Sabara Director(s): Robert Rodriguez DVD Release Date: Released the 24 February 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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This delightful sequel to Spy Kids demonstrates once again writer-director Robert Rodriguez's remarkable gift for wild invention. Carmen and Juni Cortez (Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara) are now regular operatives for a spy agency, but a couple of rival spy kids are making their lives difficult. When an important gadget gets stolen, Juni gets blamed and loses his job--but Carmen hacks into the agency computer, reinstates him, and sends them off on a high-security mission to a mysterious island to clear the boy's name. The pace is zippy, every situation is crammed with dazzling eye-candy, and the cast is great--Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino return as the kids' parents, Steve Buscemi plays a crackpot scientist, and Ricardo Montalban comes in as the kids' grandfather. Fans of the... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Antonio Banderas - Carla Gugino - Alexa Vega - Daryl Sabara Director(s): Robert Rodriguez DVD Release Date: Released the 18 February 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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