I Spy Returns

1994

Action / Adventure / Comedy

4
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 4.8/10 10 442 442

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Director

Jerry London Photo
Jerry London

Top cast

Lynsey Baxter Photo
Lynsey Baxter as Santina
Bill Cosby Photo
Bill Cosby as Alexander Scott
Salli Richardson-Whitfield Photo
Salli Richardson-Whitfield as Nicole Scott
George Newbern Photo
George Newbern as Bennett Robinson
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814.27 MB
954*720
English 2.0
PG-13
25 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 2
1.48 GB
1430*1080
English 2.0
PG-13
25 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by A_Different_Drummer 5 / 10

Throwaway line...

There is a throwaway line in an early episode of CROSSING JORDAN (David McCallum was a regular) where a curious female asks the Senior Pathologist (well played by Miguel Ferrer) what McCallum's character might have looked like when he was young? Without even a pause, Ferrer answers "Illya Kuryakin." Even for inside jokes, that was a doozy. Similarly, the spectacular series WANDAVISION did a better job of showcasing the 1950s than the actual 1950s themselves did. All of which goes to say, you can't go home again; and, if you are playing the nostalgia card, you had better have an ace up your sleeve. The problem with this nostalgia piece ... no aces. The original was a jewel of its era, not only fun to watch, but (as the PR pak said) all the locations were authentic so you got to see the world at the same time. (DANGER MAN did something similar, and it worked well too). This production tries hard but never even comes close to the original magic. ((Designated "IMDb Top Reviewer." Please check out my list "167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present))
Reviewed by dtucker86

Yes folks, I agree that Bill Cosby and Robert Culp have both aged a lot, but that still doesn't mean it isn't a job seeing them again as everyone's favorite spies Kelly Robinson and Alexander Scott. This time they are watching out for their kids and realizing theyre getting too old for this kind of stuff. Bill Cosby was the first African-American to be a star on a major tv show with I Spy (some Southern stations wouldn't even televise the show because of that). He and Robert Culp had such amazing chemistry and I always enjoyed their good natured banter. I always loved the action on the show and the exotic locales. They also had to quality guest stars everyone from Peter Lawford to Boris Karloff to Don Rickles to Carroll O'Connor and Gene Hackman. These two make a great team and after a few minutes its like the old magic is back and you forget that they are older, you will feel like your seeing two old friends again who just picked up where they left off. They have a wonderful modernization of the classic theme music at the beginning of the movie and a montage of old clips from the series.
Reviewed by bemanning-1 10 / 10

Affectionate Homage to a Classic Series

This flick is PRICELESS. I'm in the after glow here from watching it three times.I'm taking back my rental and getting my own copy.I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that Culp & Cosby are really syrupy in love with each other in real life, because that's the sense I get from the whole project. Their chemistry is spot on and genuinely heart warming.Cosby is credited as one of the Exec. Producers which means he partly bank rolled it, which is really nice, because it's really a lovely send off and tribute to a great, classic series and a rare chance for the actors to pay homage to Kelly and Scotty.The humor is terrific. Culp and Cosby spend some quality time together--making fun of each other and their age mercilessly. But, in a sweet, affectionate way.You feel all their history, and their regard for one another. Their initial meeting after 25 years is PRICELESS!!! The duo pokes fun at the way the spy biz and world has changed. Kelly's gone right along with it, adapting computers and gadgets while Scott has settled into his comfy professorship, complete with elbow patches on a tweed jacket. There are some cute gags which play upon Kelly and Scotty's style.If Sheldon Leonard had planned this as a pilot for a new series, I think George Newbern has a James Spader thing going on. As Kelly's son he just didn't have the charisma to pull it off, but the casting makes perfect sense for the reluctant spy. I'd like to see Vincent Ventresca as the Kelly character, or Joseph Culp, who is the spitting image of his father. Salli Richardson is very good, but she's no Cosby replacement. But, that's immaterial. I just enjoyed the whole movie.The dialogue is well written and the ad libs are always enjoyable. Even the villain, Jonathan Hyde as Cesar Baroodi, has some priceless lines.There's a nod to the "locked room" scenarios that Kelly & Scotty always ended up in. They just kicked it up a notch and it gave them something to play off of. The Head of Field Ops just doesn't look so formidable under those circumstances.Nobody loves and respects these characters and I Spy like Culp & Cosby. Watch and ENJOY the masters at work and play.
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