Get Smart (2008) 8/10

Starring : Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin, Terence Stamp, Terry Crewes, David Koechner
Director : Peter Segal
Running Time : 106 mins

When CONTROL is infiltrated by KAOS agents, Maxwell Smart (Carell) is given special agent status and teamed up with Agent 99 (Hathaway) as their identities are unknown to the enemy. As they attempt to discover the latest KAOS plans for world domination, Smart finds himself getting into increasingly stupid situations.

To be fair, I actually enjoyed this remake. Granted it wasn’t as good as the 60s show with Don Adams, but it was still pretty interesting to watch. Carell manages to pull off the basic nuances of Maxwell Smart without doing a direct imitation of Adams, and Hathaway creates an entirely different version of 99 to the one I’m used to.

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