Release Date: Mar 11, 2003 Region: 1 Runtime: 97 mins Studio: Columbia / TriStar Audio:
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC] FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround
Video:
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) Standard 1.33:1 Color
Subtitles: English, French Packaging: Keep Case Rating: PG-13 Features:
Filmmaker's Commentary "Cloak and Camouflage" Featurette "Gadgets and Gizmos" Featurette "Schematics and Blueprints" Featurette "The Slugfest" Featurette Bonus Trailers Interactive Menus Scene Selections
I Spy tried and failed to be Eddie Murphy's comeback after The Adventures of Pluto Nash. 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 whole. 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, shoot-outs, double-crosses... ignore it all, and find what pleasure you can in Eddie and Owen's aimless banter. --Jeff Shannon
Release Date: Jun 16, 2003 Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1
Video:
1.85 Wide Screen, 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Subtitles: English, Hindi Features:
Filmmakers Commentary Gadget And Gizmos Special FX Featurette The Slugafest Eddie Murphys Boxing Training Featurette Cloak And Camouflage Featurette Schematics And Blueprints Featurette Theatrical Trailer
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