Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

1997 "Debonair. Defiant. Defrosted."
7| 1h34m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 02 May 1997 Released
Producted By: New Line Cinema
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website:
Synopsis

As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy. But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the '90s? With the help of sexy sidekick Vanessa Kensington, he just might.

... View More
Stream Online

Stream with STARZ

Director

Producted By

New Line Cinema

Trailers & Images

Reviews

Oliver Thatcher Watson This film is absolutely awesome. As it has great acting, a great story, a great comedic feel, as well as awesome performances from Mike Meyers. He plays the characters in this film splendidly. And the story's actually really good. As it's not only funny, but it's just on a good flow throughout the film. Mike Meyers is absolutely fantastic in this film, as he not only plays as the international man of mystery himself, but as Dr. Evil, and it's not just the characters he portrays that are awesome. It's the way he does it. He does it perfectly for what this film is about. While this film can sometimes be somewhat excessive, it's an absolute joy to watch, and easily, one of Mike Meyers best. I recommend this film to anyone who is interested in comedy films, as well as spy movies, such as James Bond, etc., as this film is actually a parody of the James Bond films. However, due to the good story and performances in this film, some viewers, as well as myself may just forget about that. I was pleasantly surprised and I think anyone who hasn't seen it yet will be as well.
Tweekums Back in the swinging sixties Austin Powers is the spy no woman can resist; he is also the arch-nemesis of the fiendish Doctor Evil. After Dr Evil's plot to kill Powers fails he has himself cryogenically frozen and launched into orbit. Knowing Evil will one day return Powers is also frozen until he is needed again. In the 90s Dr Evil returns so Powers is thawed out. They both discover that the world has changed significantly while they were away. Dr Evil's organisation is now a major legitimate corporation but he is still determined to hold the world to ransom. Powers has to discover that the era of free love has long gone and he is no longer God's gift to women. As Dr Evil sets his dastardly plans into motion Austen and his assistant Vanessa Kensington work to stop him.Sometimes spoof films are just embarrassing but thankfully this is lots of fun. It plays with the tropes of the genre in a delightful way. We have Dr Evil planning elaborate easy to escape methods for killing Powers while his son recommends just shooting him in the head and making a demand for what he thinks is a significant amount of money but which is trivial by the '90s. There are plenty of laughs to be had as the spy genre, and James Bond in particular, are delightfully spoofed. Some of the gags are a little but crude, but not overly so, and others are more clever; most notably when after two henchmen are killed we are shown how they are real people with family and friends rather than nobodies to be dispatched with a witty aside. Mike Myers impresses in the dual roles of Austin Powers and Dr Evil, Elizabeth Hurley is suitably sexy as Vanessa and Robert Wagner is fun as he plays Number Two in a relatively straight way. Seth Green is also good as Dr Evil's son. There are plenty of well-known faces, including Carrie Fisher, Christian Slater and Rob Lowe, in cameo roles. Overall I'd recommend this to anybody wanting a bit of a laugh; especially if you are a fan of the spy genre.
FilmBuff1994 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery is a brilliant movie with a very well written storyline and a fantastic comedic cast. It is certainly one of my favourite feel good comedies, it instantly makes me smile and puts me in a good mood every time I watch, it has many memorable quotes and strange, unrelatable, but very lovable characters. The only scenes that bother me in this movie is when they go way too far with a joke, such as the scene where Austin is urinating or the death of one of Dr. Evil's henchman, it dosen't suit the tone of humour that we see in the majority of the film and is more so annoying than funny. The performances are outstanding, they seemed very hard to do as they are very high energy and it seems as if the whole cast didn't deliver, the entire movie would stumble, but luckily they all did very well, Mike Myers is the highlight of the film of course, playing both the protagonist and the antagonist, he shines in both roles and it is very hard to believe that Austin Powers and Dr. Evil are the same person, they are simply iconic performances. Hilarious from start to finish with memorable quotes and lovable characters, I would recommend Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery to anyone looking for a good comedy. Special agent Austin Powers is defrosted after 30 years in a cryogenic freeze to match wits with his nemesis, Dr. Evil. Best Performance: Mike Myers Worst Performance: Paul Dillon
Mr-Fusion Let me just say right here that Dr. Evil in the first AUSTIN POWERS is Mike Myers' greatest comedic contribution. His tics, his line delivery, his scenes with Seth Green; genuinely hilarious stuff. And on the whole, the first movie still stands head and shoulders above the others - if for no other reason than it doesn't topple over into overkill. Everything here is just right: the spoof of all the iconic OO7 elements (Dr. No, Blofeld's cat, Oddjob, Pussy Galore), Powers' goofy charm, even the odd DEMOLITION MAN gag thrown in. The idea of bringing the misogynistic '60s face-to-face with the PC '90s is brilliant, and makes for several great jokes. It tickles me that they got Robert Wagner and Michael York to do this movie. They even manage to wring some laugh out of Tom Arnold (no mean feat).Easily Myers' best movie.8/10