Agent Cody Banks (2003)

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Surprisingly good teen-spy flick in which Malcolm in the Middle is sent on a mission to get close to a girl whose scientist father has been employed by Al Swearengen and Imhotep to use ice-cubes to destroy America's missile defense system.

If I were taking it seriously, I would frown in disapproval at a film that reinforces the James Bond archetype of perfect masculinity, i.e. that what you really need to do to impress a girl is drive dangerously and beat people up. But taking it seriously would require brain-death, and it's amusing enough. You even get to see A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael running around in a silver jumpsuit torn from some 70's science-fiction epic. (And some Hilary Duff jailbait, if that's more your thing, you pervert. [Or, indeed, some half-naked Frankie Muniz fanservice in the opening sequence, and a locker-room bit later on. Slashers take note!])

- Sam - 2006-06-30 14:43:34