"SPY" - Review

I never saw a preview for this movie, I never saw it at Red Box or IMDB, and I never heard anything about this film that released in June 2015. Which is strange, considering this is actually another hilarious Melissa McCarthy movie starring some big names like, Jason Statham, Jude Law, and Rose Byrne. McCarthy and Byrne also starred in "Bridesmaids" together, and Rose Byrne basically plays the same snobby and rude character she played in that film.

"SPY" is not your traditional "James Bond" spy-movie. It's an action-comedy film that doesn't take itself too seriously. The first part of the movie reminds me of "Kingsman: The Secret Service", as it started off looking like a regular spy movie. Jude Law's character is a classic spy completing missions, and Melissa McCarthy's character is just his back-up / voice in his ear piece. However, she becomes a full-fledged spy herself with a mission to deter the sale of a nuclear bomb (typical villain activity). Somehow, she becomes a bad ass agent that saves the day against all odds in a very funny, "Mr. Magoo" dumb-luck fashion. She still has that foul mouthed, tough & mean, classic Melissa McCarthy humor we have seen from her so many times before. 

This movie was directed by Paul Feig, who has directed a bunch of different episodes of various popular TV shows like, 'The Office", "Parks & Recreation", "30 Rock", "Mad Men", "Weeds", etc,.. He has also directed Melissa McCarthy in other movies such as, "The Heat" and "Bridesmaids". He must really like working with McCarthy, because they are currently filming "The Heat 2" together. 

In "SPY", she pretty much plays the same character she did in "Tammy", "The Heat", and "Identity Thief". Another thing I liked about "SPY" was getting to see Jason Statham do comedy for once, and he was hilarious in this movie! I didn't really like the "twist" ending, but it was otherwise very funny for a spy movie.  It reminds me of the movie "Get Smart", but better and packed with more laughs and action..... and "50 cent". Overall, I give "Spy" a  6/ 10.