Year:
1999
Studio:
New Line Cinema
Movie:
3/5
DVD:
4/5
Teaser
Austin Powers is back! The swinging sixties super-spy is once again
pitted against the diabolical yet inept Dr Evil, now aided by an
equally diabolical but only 1/8th sized clone named Mini-Me. Dr Evil
has travelled back to 1969 to steal Powers' mojo. Austin travels back
in time to stop Dr Evil and he is joined by CIA Agent Felicity
Shagwell. But can Austin and Felicity stop Dr Evil and his evil minions?
Movie
This is a comedy action movie. Lots of sixties retro style and humor
juxtaposed with nineties references. The first movie was hilarious and
this movie matches it.
Actors
This sequel to the comedy hit has Mike Myers reprising the dual roles
of Austin Powers and Dr Evil as well as adding the new villain Fat
Bastard to the mix. All three are quite different and distinct
characters and you'd have to pay attention to see that they were all
played by Myers.
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Heather Graham
was ok as Felicity Shagwell. Actually she played the
role well. Verne J Troyer was brilliant as Mini-Me. A non-speaking role
with a whole lot of improvisational gestures and expressions and it
came through great.
DVD
There is an audio commentary by Co-Screen Writer Mike McCullers,
Writer/Actor Mike Myers and Director Jay Roach. It's fairly good,
detailing the process of making the second movie and having nice
anecdotes about cast and crew. There are 21 deleted scenes though for
the most part they're all short and were not all that entertaining
(otherwise they'd have been in the movie I guess).
There are seven short behind the scene segments talking about various
bits like the time machine and Mini-Me. Three music videos are
included: Madonna's "Beautiful Stranger", Lenny Kravitz's "American
Woman", and Melanie Brown's "Word Up". Three theatrical trailers as
well as the trailer for Austin Powers 1 and the Cast and Crew bios
round out the package.
Recommendations
It's a fairly good movie, even for someone like me who doesn't
particularly like comedies. The extras add value and push this product
to a recommended rating. |