Suffice it to say that any spy film tends to repeat the same themes in it's genre: action, adventure and one hero with wit and charm who surpasses expectations and saves the day as well as the ten damsels in distress who all fall in love with his handsomeness.
The latest comedy take on spy films, in the form of 'Spy', does perhaps fall into the usual trap of repeated story lines but it also comes with an excellent cast of professionals including Jude Law, alongside some surprisingly very funny performances from unexpected appearances of usually non comic-type cast actors.
The movie is held together by an excellent script as well as a list of very talented performers.
The laughs are numerous and consistent and they include both action scenes with funny twists as well as very comic dialogues. It is a combo of situation and character humour and a formula that works.
The movie of course has the usual plot of good guys and bad guys fighting each other till the end, with the added bonus of making the shy behind the scenes wall flowers surprisingly able to turn the tables on the stereotypically high and mighty characters- although the latter tough guys usually take over, in this case they are clumsy and in aid of assistance from the office 'geeks'.
All of the characters are written as equally funny but my personal favourite has to be Aldo from Rome, an outrageously rude crude womaniser who nevertheless is somehow lovable despite being a total caricature, and this is perhaps because of his extreme sincerity.
Without giving too much of the story away, I would say that what makes the humour very good is the contrast within the characters themselves- multi-faceted eccentric personalities, as well as the raw honestly of the scenes exposing their faults and blunders.
The interaction between characters- from different cultures, which also gives diversity and colour to the humour- is superbly executed with huge physical and mental chemistry between all of them.
The action scenes and stunts are entertaining enough and please do watch out for one particular motorcycle scene where 'miss pink eye' (you will know who I mean once you watch the film) gets literally stuck in the mud. Keep an eye out here for an instant swap from high heeled shoes to flats when the camera closes in on her feet for a mere second or two.
It was slow enough to be spotted by the naked eye and this made me wonder why in an otherwise spotless film this was done. Was it perhaps on purpose for comic value and in order to highlight the eccentricities of the usually serious type spy films where we are led to believe that the actors are the stunt men when in fact we know perfectly well as intelligent viewers that this is almost never the case.
There are a few exceptions to this of course, when actors do take on the stunts themselves.
Apparently, for instance, Tom Cruise has lately attempted to 'hang' from a plane wing and this is supposedly a real shot of him in the still to be released sequel to his first Mission Impossible.
Watch this space! LITERALLY!
Mr Cruise, are you for real with this, I mean hanging from a plane! Seriously? Has the life of a famous actor become so dreary as to require further excitement we wonder.
The latest comedy take on spy films, in the form of 'Spy', does perhaps fall into the usual trap of repeated story lines but it also comes with an excellent cast of professionals including Jude Law, alongside some surprisingly very funny performances from unexpected appearances of usually non comic-type cast actors.
The movie is held together by an excellent script as well as a list of very talented performers.
The laughs are numerous and consistent and they include both action scenes with funny twists as well as very comic dialogues. It is a combo of situation and character humour and a formula that works.
The movie of course has the usual plot of good guys and bad guys fighting each other till the end, with the added bonus of making the shy behind the scenes wall flowers surprisingly able to turn the tables on the stereotypically high and mighty characters- although the latter tough guys usually take over, in this case they are clumsy and in aid of assistance from the office 'geeks'.
All of the characters are written as equally funny but my personal favourite has to be Aldo from Rome, an outrageously rude crude womaniser who nevertheless is somehow lovable despite being a total caricature, and this is perhaps because of his extreme sincerity.
Without giving too much of the story away, I would say that what makes the humour very good is the contrast within the characters themselves- multi-faceted eccentric personalities, as well as the raw honestly of the scenes exposing their faults and blunders.
The interaction between characters- from different cultures, which also gives diversity and colour to the humour- is superbly executed with huge physical and mental chemistry between all of them.
The action scenes and stunts are entertaining enough and please do watch out for one particular motorcycle scene where 'miss pink eye' (you will know who I mean once you watch the film) gets literally stuck in the mud. Keep an eye out here for an instant swap from high heeled shoes to flats when the camera closes in on her feet for a mere second or two.
It was slow enough to be spotted by the naked eye and this made me wonder why in an otherwise spotless film this was done. Was it perhaps on purpose for comic value and in order to highlight the eccentricities of the usually serious type spy films where we are led to believe that the actors are the stunt men when in fact we know perfectly well as intelligent viewers that this is almost never the case.
There are a few exceptions to this of course, when actors do take on the stunts themselves.
Apparently, for instance, Tom Cruise has lately attempted to 'hang' from a plane wing and this is supposedly a real shot of him in the still to be released sequel to his first Mission Impossible.
Watch this space! LITERALLY!
Mr Cruise, are you for real with this, I mean hanging from a plane! Seriously? Has the life of a famous actor become so dreary as to require further excitement we wonder.
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