CIA analyst Susan is a guide who helps her agent Bradley Fine on missions by providing necessary help and information. On an operation to track the source of suitcase nuclear arms in possession of nefarious elements, Fine gets killed, leaving Susan to avenge her favorite agent’s death. She lobbies hard and requests her head to task her with the assignment of hunting these people and terminating them, thereby protecting the nuke from falling into the wrong hands. With this as the central plot, we have some more important things that fall into place to make this movie.
Language:
English
Running Time:
120 min
Rating:
A
Release date:
19 July 2015
Directed by:
Paul Feig
Produced by:
Paul Feig
Jessie Henderson
Peter Chernin
Jenno Topping
Written by:
Paul Feig
Starring:
Melissa McCarthy
Jason Statham
Rose Byrne
Miranda Hart
Bobby Cannavale
Allison Janney
Jude Law
Music by:
Theodore Shapiro
Shot by:
Robert Yeoman
Editing by:
Dean Zimmerman
Don Zimmerman
Distributed by:
20th Century Fox

What’s Hot

  • Melissa McCarthy has done a splendid job as a desk guide and also in the action sequences where she has had to toil. Her expressions come to the fore when she has to come to terms with the passing away of her favorite agent and when she is tested heavily as a field agent. Jason Statham, though appearing for short intervals has lit up the movie with his amazing sense of humour and dialogue delivery.
  • The dialogues of this movie stand testament to the needs of an action comedy film. The entire cast has taken care that the dialogues are crisp and the timing is perfect to get the right tinge of comedy in the scenes.
  • Paul Fieg as the director has done a great job of handling the movie very well. The movie comes through as an entertainer that has the right dose of its genre at the required instances of time which keeps the viewers intrigued.
  • Since we are talking about field assignments in the context of counter-espionage, the action sequences in the movie come as a noteworthy inclusion.

What’s Not

  • If there is one thing that cannot be questioned in an action comedy it would be logic. There are some sequences in the movie where logic takes a hike even though there are moments of brilliance in the screenplay. A sleek example is that of the heroine in a scooter involved in a high speed chase of a BMW. As illogical as it may sound, it contributes to the comedy factor of the movie.
  • There are some crass jokes hurled as physical abuse of the leading character and some more inappropriate advances by helper agents on the leading lady that contribute to the not-so-enjoyable parts of the film, though they are comical in their nature.

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Verdict

Verdict Stamp

Spy does complete justice to the action comedy genre of film-making with the main actors contributing immensely to its cause. Armed with a crafty screenplay filled with suspense and action, its dialogues and comic moments make it a feel good entertainer.