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| My Spy (Malay) Wildman AJ (AC Mizal) is colour blind. Salleh (Harun Salim Bachik) is a retired cop who tries to sell his invention to the police. The two hate each other but these two private detectives must join forces to solve their biggest cases, involving a corrupt man (Datuk 'O' Osman), a sexy secretary (Hannah Tan) and an art collection theft syndicate. Classification: PG13
Genre: Comedy
General Release Date: 03 Dec 2009
Running Time: 1 Hour 34 Minutes,
Distributor: Kru Films
Cast: AC Mizal, Adlin Aman Ramlie, Afdlin Shauki, Carmen Soo, Harun Salim Bachik, Maria Farida, Ridzuan Hashim
Director: Afdlin Shauki
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by Lai Swee Wei
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Watch this if you liked: “Get Smart”, “Johnny English”
Afdlin Shauki's quirky spy comedy stars the dynamic duo AC Mizal and Harun Salim Bachick as two bumbling spy agents who never fails to land themselves into many hilarious odd mishaps. The two actors complement each other well as far as how teamwork goes in "Dumb And Dumber", "Beavis And Butt-Head" and "Ren And Stimpy". Bearing close resemblance to Leslie Neilson's clumsy character in the "Naked Gun" series, Harun Salim Bachick's character Salleh deals with his missions in a more unique way than of his counterpart, using his own inventions that often turn out for the worse. Unfortunately, the gadgets used in this film weren't impressive enough, maintaining an obvious low-budget quality. There's the usual talking car, hand phone that can pull off as an ordinary highlighter pen and a turtleback-shaped shield that literally packs a punch when activated.
As the story goes, colour blind spy agent AJ (AC Mizal) teams up with gadgets-gone-wrong Salleh to help Datin Mariana (Maria Farida) spy on her wealthy tycoon husband, Datuk Osman (Ridzuan Hashim), on the assumption that he's having an affair. As the duo travels to the island of Langkawi, going undercover in various ridiculous costumes, they encounter a crime far more serious without even realising it, involving Datuk Osman and a missing one-of-a-kind painting called "Brinjal in a Bowl".
Singer Hannah Tan and TV personality Daphne Iking had their acting debut in this film playing as Datuk Osman's allies together with model/actress Carmen Soo. Hannah dons the role of a seductive secretary named Maria, who is no doubt a looker, but her ability to perform well as an actress is questionable. Dishing out a mediocre performance, it would take time for her to develop as an actress as she comes across bland with plenty of slow eye blinks and picture perfect smiles. Speaking with a typical Chinese accent, Daphne delivers a cute performance that would otherwise be forgettable if it wasn't for her funny pronunciation and a special scene where she exposed her booty-shaking abilities. On the other hand, Carmen fared well throughout the film exuding a confident aura to her character.
Rated PG-13, the film has plenty of sexual innuendos that are at times pleasantly humourous or exaggerated far beyond its limits, such as the scene of how a simple photo-taking session of a painting can turn out to sound like a porn-shoot. Apart from that, the action scenes and CGI effects involved were barely even convincing.
The film no doubt has its side-splitting moments, but overall it doesn't seem to impress.Cinema Online, 24 November 2009 |
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