Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Plot synopsis:
In 1967, British spy Austin Powers (Mike Myers) thwarts an assassination attempt by his nemesis Dr. Evil (also played by Mike Myers) in a London nightclub. Dr. Evil escapes in a space rocket disguised as a Big Boy statue, and cryogenically freezes himself. Powers volunteers to be placed into cryostasis in case Dr. Evil returns in the future.
Thirty years later, in 1997, Dr. Evil returns to discover his henchman Number 2 (Robert Wagner) has developed Virtucon, the legitimate front of Evil's empire, into a multibillion-dollar enterprise. Uninterested by genuine business, Dr. Evil conspires to steal nuclear weapons and hold the world hostage for $100 billion. Evil also learns that during his absence his associates have artificially created his son, Scott Evil (Seth Green), using his frozen semen. Now a Generation X teenager, Scott is resentful of his father’s absence, and resists Dr. Evil's attempts to get closer to him.
Having learned of Dr. Evil's return, the British Ministry of Defence unfreezes Powers, acclimatizing him to the 1990s with the help of agent Vanessa Kensington (Elizabeth Hurley), the daughter of his sidekick in the 1960s, Mrs. Kensington (Mimi Rogers). Posing as a married couple, Powers and Kensington track Number 2 to Las Vegas and meet his Italian secretary, Alotta Fagina (Fabiana Udenio). Later, Powers infiltrates Fagina's penthouse suite for reconnaissance and discovers plans for Dr. Evil's "Project Vulcan", which involves drilling a nuclear warhead into the Earth's molten core and triggering volcanic eruptions worldwide. Fagina discovers Powers in her suite and seduces him into revealing his true identity. Learning that Powers is back, Dr. Evil and his entourage conspire to defeat the spy by creating a series of fembots; beautiful female androids equipped with automatic guns concealed in their breasts.
Powers and Kensington attempt to infiltrate the Virtucon headquarters, but are soon apprehended by Dr. Evil's henchman, Random Task (Joe Son). Meanwhile, the United Nations accede to the demands of Dr. Evil, who decides to proceed with Project Vulcan regardless. Powers and Kensington are placed in a death trap by Dr. Evil, but the pair easily escape and Kensington is sent for help. While searching for Dr. Evil, Powers is confronted by the fembots, whom he defeats by performing a striptease. Led by Kensington, British forces raid the underground lair, while Powers finds the doomsday device and deactivates it. Powers confronts Dr. Evil, but Fagina arrives holding Kensington hostage. They are interrupted by Number 2, who attempts to betray Dr. Evil by making a deal with Powers. Dr. Evil uses a trap door to eliminate Number 2, then activates the base’s self-destruct mechanism and escapes. Powers and Kensington escape just as the lair is destroyed in a nuclear explosion.
Powers and Kensington are later married, and during their honeymoon Powers is attacked by Random Task. Powers subdues the assassin using a penis pump, allowing Kensington to knock him out using a bottle of champagne. Afterwards, the couple adjourn to their balcony. Among the stars, Powers spots the cryogenic chamber of Dr. Evil, who vows revenge on Powers.

Tags: comedy, boring, cult, good versus evil, psychedelic, humor, satire, revenge, entertaining

Review:
Those movies have been coming out and just BEGGING to be spoofed since the early 60s, and Mike Meyers is the one who finally steps forward to do what simply has to be done, and he does a wonderful job at it.Fans of the James Bond films will have a blast looking for all of the allusions to the old Bond films and trying to determine which Bond film is being spoofed at any given time, but it's important to keep in mind that the film pokes fun at the Bond series in good taste.
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery is never disrespectful to the films that it makes fun of, which is probably the single most important thing about a spoof film that makes it good.
They try to be funny by viciously making fun of all kinds of movies, and end up looking stupid because they have such a nonexistent right to do that.
That's the recipe for a crapfest.While it's true that a lot of the comedy in the first Austin Powers film is slapstick and obviously contrived, I think it should be a testament to the quality of the film that it is still so funny!
We see all of the traditional Bond clichés in this movie, such as the usual one-liners (which are made fun of extensively and with spectacular effect here), the fancy cars, the goofy cockiness, the teeth-grinding theme song, and the occasionally inexplicable popularity with the women (this allusion makes most sense when compared to those Bond films that starred Roger Moore).The plot involves a rivalry between Dr. Evil, an evil mastermind bent on world domination, and Austin Powers, a mockish caricature of James Bond, bent on stopping Dr. Evil's world domination schemes.
Neither character really seems like they belong in the role that they serve (as a spy and a doctor of evil), which is where a lot of the comedy comes in.
There is also, of course the fact that they both spend most of the movie 30 years in their future, completely out of touch with the new world that they live in.This is not a movie to be taken seriously, and quite frankly, I can't understand all of these reviews that I've read on the IMDb that are constantly complaining that Austin Powers is so cheesy or so childish.
I trust that all you people complaining about how childish Austin Powers is realize that it is a spoof based on a whole series of movies that are also not meant to be taken seriously, right?
Austin Powers is one of the most refreshing comedies to come along in years, and it's sad that there are so many people who completely missed the boat on this one just because they pretend that the movie is something that it's not and was never meant to be.
It's true that the movie is immensely immature and that it has unfortunately little re-watch value (one of the biggest problems with the film), but the quality of the comedy is unmistakable..
Austin Powers: Man of Mystery I'm embarrassed to admit this one-and-a-half hours of hedonistic humor was so enjoyable, but it was, and the two sequels weren't bad, either, but not as good as this one.This is stupid; this is corny; it has way too many sexual innuendos, particularly for the millions of teens who saw this film.....but it is undeniably funny.
It's also extremely colorful and the '60s clothing is a hoot to see once again (yeah, I remember it well.) This is the like the TV-program "Laugh-In," but with a dumb story.I have no complaints looking at Elizabeth Hurley ("Vanessa Kensington") and Michael Myers ("Austin Powers"), with his crooked teeth, stupid grin and ridiculous sayings made me laugh.
I was a Mike Myers fan, but AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY looked like the stupidest and least creative movie of the year.
It turned out to be one of the funniest movies I'd seen in a long time.The swinging hipster from the 60's, Austin Powers (Mike Myers), puts himself in deep freeze for thirty years to pursue his archenemy, Dr. Evil (Mike Myers).
Austin Powers, with the help of his true love Vanessa Kensington (Elizabeth Hurley), must find a way to stop Dr. Evil and shag Vanessa.
But Dr. Evil has some very dangerous customers working for him, such as Number Two (Robert Wagner), Frau Farbissina (Mindy Sterling), Mustafa (Will Ferrell) and his son Scott Evil (Seth Green) who thinks his father should just kill Austin rather than make a complicated plan to get rid of him.The plot of this movie is a big spoof of movies such as the JAMES BOND films, so it's not expected to be anything but funny, which it certainly is.
It should also be said that Dr. Evil is a terrific character because, in addition to being very funny, is the stereotype spy-movie bad guy.The acting in this movie is pretty good.
Mike Myers plays both Austin Power and Dr. Evil, two very different characters, very well.
Aside from it's overwhelmingly raunchy humor,I consider this to be a great spoof of the spy genre and 60's culture.Mike Myers has created yet two more endearing characters in Powers and his nemisis,Dr.Evil.When certain characters inspire imitation (and who hasn't at least heard imitations of these two,or perhaps even Robert Wagner's character, Number 2 and others),then you have done something right.This movie is good for it's amusing characters and good story line,but again I think it would have worked without so much vulgar humor.Worth a look..
I think everyone could say that they laughed at least once to this film.Paroding of the James Bond flicks, Austin Powers is an international spy who is a lady's man.
Like I said "Austin Powers" is just a great and funny movie that I think you can get into if you're looking for a decent comedy.
This is the best thing to watch if you've seen a typical by-the-numbers Bond movie, one of the old ones, for example, and thought it was ridiculous, or at the very least something other than great.
The plot is directly spoofing the old Bond movies, with an evil villain trying to take over the world.
The acting is pretty good, for a spoof movie; the characters are mostly caricatures and stereotypes, to further parody the Bond movies, but they add to the humor of the film.
Mike Myers is great in this movie, pretty much anyone who likes him will probably enjoy him in this.
The fish out  of water stuff works well as Austin is a funny swinger and the 60's  stuff is cool, however the best bits for me all relate to Dr Evil   whether it be his relationship with his son or the asides where the see  the consequences of the death of his henchmen.
I am absolutely amazed that someone could make a movie as unfunny as this one; Mike Myers seems to be under the delusion that a lame joke, if repeated enough times, will be funny.This movie is a (heavy-handed) parody of the Bond movies, but that's not enough to save it.
When he made Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery Mike Myers aspired to comic greatness, the kind we had not seen on the screen since Peter Sellers.
Only Sellers and Alec Guinness could create so many believable characters in the same film and make them work the way Myers does with Austin Powers and his perennial nemesis Doctor Evil.Hard to believe, but back in the swinging London of the Sixties, the British kids really did dress like Austin Powers.
The key to Powers character is that whether he's in the Sixties or the Nineties, he's still an overgrown kid.The film is like the old Batman TV series where the Gotham City Police Department is good enough at dealing with ordinary criminals.
As for Powers, he's not quite fathoming the fact that his Emma Peel like partner Mimi Rogers from back in the day has a daughter in Elizabeth Hurley doing her bit in the family spy business.Michael York as the M character and Powers boss and Robert Wagner as Number 2 in the Evil Empire both look like they're having a really good time hamming up their parts.
There's also a nice unbilled part by Tom Arnold as a cowboy in the men's room with Powers when one of the Evil assassins tries to get him.A lot of good laughs in this first Austin Powers film, I do so hope Mike Myers does make still another one..
Likewise with 2009's "Black Dynamite", wherein a narrative regarding the death of the lead's brother and the ridiculously complicated plot to do a governmental drug cover-up was just as crucial in its homage to poorly constructed grindhouse of the 1970s as anything else.It isn't a well-kept secret that, at the worst of times, stories in James Bond movies have often been derivative and simplistic.
It's a knowing wink to the audience that has made him a very successful man, but got old with me around the time of Wayne's World.In fact, pretty much all of Austin Powers' shtick got old for me very quickly.
While Austin Powers himself does little for me, I do find Myers other character in the film, Dr. Evil, to be quite funny most of the time.
Tom Arnold has a cameo performance in Austin Powers, and I have to say that his scene with Myers in the bathroom repeating "who does #2 work for?" has got to be the least amusing and utterly repugnant things I have ever seen.
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery is actually funny, unlike its sequels.
Every so often, a funny line or situation pops up, such as when Dr. Evil demands a million dollars in international blackmail and his intended victims laugh their heads off, but there are far too few of these, and they're quickly pushed away to make room for some weak sex joke or pun.
A satire of the James Bond series, "Austin Powers ..." (played by Mike Myers) is a real disappointment.
All the good parts are in the trailer--watch that and buy an Austin Powers promotional penis enlarger, but skip the movie..
Apart from Austin Powers, Wayne Campbell, Axe Murderer and 54 has he ever been in a good movie?
I felt really sick when I saw all that reviews with summaries like:* "Best movie I've ever seen!!!"* "Austin Powers is the movie of the century!"* "I've seen it 97654 times and it still makes me laugh!"* "I loved it, I can't wait untill the sequel!!"* Etc...That makes me sick!
Austin Powers is maybe one of the worst movies I have ever seen in my whole life, and believe me, I have seen a lot.I laughed about twice, and I smiled another couple of times, but I am as honest as I can when I say: This movie was NOT funny at all.Mike Myers is not that bad, he has made about 1 or 2 good movies, and he is funny, he really is, but this movie, despite all the comments saying that it's the best ever, sucked, in my opinion.What happened to the people in this world?
In the past years the good movies were definitely NOT like Austin Powers, I think this movie should be considered as one of the top 10 worst movies EVER!.I do not have the guts to rate this movie with a 2 out of 10, I really don't, it would be against myself.
The character of Austin Powers was certainly a very funny creation, but that was all this spy spoof offered.
I didn't see this original Austin Powers movie until a year after I saw the sequel, "...The Spy Who Shagged Me." Both involve suspended animation through cryogenics, and set both in the 1960s and the 1990s.
In each, Mike Myers plays both the British spy Austin Powers, a spoof of James Bond, and also plays the evil and funny Dr Evil.
This movie spoofs lots of different things, has many subtle sexual references, but in the hands (and delivery) of Mike Myers they always come out funny.
A funny film is Austin Powers, but I found it to be very stupid.
The first time I saw Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery I was actually disappointed.
He is unattractive (especially with the fake teeth he uses in this film) and he doesn't come off as being sophisticated or any good in a fight so for him to play an irresistible swinger is immensely funny in itself.Mike Myers does a good job with the character(s) and brings a certain charm to both Austin Powers and Doctor Evil.
Austin Powers is the most interesting character in the film and his chemistry with Vanessa Kensington (Elizabeth Hurley) Makes their scenes together the most interesting and funny in the film.
Doctor Evil is funny the first time but quite frankly isn't as interesting as Powers making his scenes less reviewable.
It doesn't change the fact that Austin Powers is a funny film that deserves at least one viewing.All in all 6/10.
There are several very funny film actors in the World today but, unfortunately, Mike Myers is not among them.
But it's not hard to imagine this film taking time to reach an audience, or latching on so well once it did."Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery" or AP1, as I will refer to it, is a repellant, stupid, sky-high-on-itself little comedy that grows on you like a tumor, albeit a very benign one.
His Austin Powers is a lecherous British toad who lives a life of superspy danger, impossibly beautiful women, and appalling velvet fashion statements.He might have been funny for about 10 minutes, 15 tops, but what keeps the movie going are two other things.
I commend Mike Myers for creating Austin Powers and giving my generation a great spoof character, but most of this film was quite a miss.
Way back when Mike Myers didn't rely on a certain green ogre for a salary, he starred in three hugely successful Austin Powers movies, affectionate spoofs of the '60s spy genre, the first of which saw the titular 'International Man of Mystery' (Myers) and his nemesis Dr. Evil (also played by Myers) being thawed out in 1997 after thirty years in cryonic suspension.
Continuing where they left off in 1967, Dr. Evil plots to hold the world to ransom, while Powers teams up with a sexy new sidekick, Vanessa Kensington (Elizabeth Hurley), to try and defeat him.Written by Myers, and directed by Jay Roach, Austin Powers delivers a barrage of visual buffoonery, bawdy innuendo, toilet humour, and general lunacy, most of which hits the mark, with lots of cool cameos from the likes of Christian Slater, Carrie Fisher, Will Ferrell, Tom Arnold, and Rob Lowe, to name just a few.
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery is a 1997 spy action comedy film.There are some funny moments in this movie but in pieces.Dr. Evil's character was not fully developed.There are multiple plot holes in the script.Should have focused much on script before making it.I think movie is overrated.Currently its IMDb rating is 7 but it does not deserve more than 6.You can still watch this movie if you don't believe in a good story and logic.Overall I give it 5/10..
I really like the Austin Powers movies.
Forget the jokes- although they are indeed very funny- and focus on Mike Myers' twin creations, Dr Evil and Powers himself.
Mike Myers plays dual roles in this often uproarious spoof of hippie/spy films.
There are few films that have made me laugh as hard as 'Austin Powers'.
Cut to 30 years later and Dr. Evil has returned to Nevada with some terrorist plotting and there's only one man that can save the world: Austin Powers!
(Shagadelic!) Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery is already a classic comedy in many people's minds, and no doubt will become a treasured classic of lowbrow humor for years to come.Mike Meyers brilliantly plays two characters, swinging 60's super spy Austin Powers, and the diabolically distracted Dr. Evil.
Following the box office disappointments of "So I Married An Axe Murderer" and "Wayne's World 2" along with his leaving the TV series "Saturday Night Live", Mike Myers took a career sabbatical for nearly four years reluctantly coming back to write and star in this spoof of spy films which did much better at the box office than anybody behind its making could've guessed.
Mike myers plays Austin Powers, a James Bond style character, without the looks, suit, gadgets, or suave manner...
Austin Powers is a highly original film with it's own style and comedy satire.
Mike Myers brings out a shagadelic film that may be James Bond like but it makes us all laugh at the end.
You'll laugh at Dr. Evil and Austin all the time because they're the best characters.
Only Mike Myers could play the role of Austin Powers.
This would have to be Mike Myers` greatest performance, as the secret agent Austin Powers.
Austin Powers is a very funny movie.
Mike Myers is amazing in both his roles as Austin Powers and as Dr Evil.
Mike Myers is fabulous as Austin and Dr. Evil.
This is Mike Myers' best work since Wanes World and So I married an ax-murderer (which are by the way great movies) he has a brilliant script and hilarious comments throughout the film.
Mike Myers is fairly good in the film, and is better as Dr. Evil than Austin Powers.Unless you're a big Hurley fan, love Mike Myers or enjoy toilet humour, I wouldn't recommend this film to you.
Myers-as-Powers is incredibly repulsive in this movie (he's great as Dr. Evil).
This film is just the perfect spoof of the Bond movies and those old 60's TV series they repeat all the time.
Myers as Austin is very funny at times but starts getting irritating about half way through the film.