Product Description
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Box set containing all three films from the hugely popular
'Austin Powers' series. In 'Austin Powers: International Man of
Mystery' (1997), in 1967, fashion photographer and Austin
Powers (Mike Myers) is on the verge of catching his arch-nemesis
Dr Evil (also Myers) when the latter has himself cryogenically
frozen. Powers follows suit, only to be revived thirty years
later when Evil has emerged to threaten the world once more.
Teamed with Vanessa Kensington (Elizabeth Hurley), the daughter
of his original partner, Powers has to get over his culture shock
in time to battle his old foe. In 'Austin Powers: The Who
Shagged Me' (1999), Myers reprises his role as Austin Powers, the
oversexed super- from the sixties. Arch-enemy Dr Evil has
travelled back in time to 1969 and stolen Powers' mojo, the
secret of his all-conquering virility. Realising that this theft
is probably part of one of Dr Evil's attempts at world
domination, our intrepid hero gives chase, following the
super-criminal back to 1960s swinging London. Once there, he
teams up with the beautiful CIA agent Felicity Shagwell (Heather
Graham), but due to his aforementioned lack in the mojo
department, he is unfortunately unable to consummate the
relationship - which raises the stakes considerably. Watch for
cameos from Elvis Costello, Jerry Springer and Woody Harrelson.
Finally, in 'Austin Powers in Goldmember' (2002), international
super- and reknowned ladies man Austin Powers returns for
another exciting adventure when his her, Nigel Powers (Michael
Caine), is kipped by the flakey-skinned, super-villain,
Goldmember (Myers). Austin teams up with his old girlfriend Foxxy
Cleopatra (Beyoncé Knowles) and heads off in search of the old
man, eventually tracking him down in modern-day Japan, where
Goldmember has teamed up with Dr Evil in another plot to hold the
world to ransom. Features cameos from Tom Cruise, Gwyneth
Paltrow, Britney Spears and Kevin Spacey.
From .co.uk
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If you don't think Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
(1997) is one of the funniest movies of the 1990s, maybe you
should be packed into a cryogenic time chamber and sent back to
the decade whence you came. Perhaps it was the 1960s - the
shagadelic decade when London hipster Austin Powers scored with
gorgeous chicks as a fashion photographer by day, crime-fighting
international man of mystery by night. Yeah, baby, yeah! But when
Powers's arch nemesis, Dr. Evil, puts himself into a deepfreeze
and travels via time machine to the late 1990s, Powers must
follow him and foil Evil's nefarious scheme of global domination.
Mike Myers plays dual roles as Powers and Dr. Evil, with
Elizabeth Hurley as his present-day sidekick and karate-kicking
paramour. A hilarious spoof of '60s movies, this colourful
comedy actually gets funnier with successive viewings, making it
a perfect home video for gloomy days and randy nights. Oh,
behave!
"I put the grrr in swinger, baby!" a deliciously randy Powers
coos near the beginning of The Who Shagged Me (1999), and if
the imagination of Austin creator Mike Myers seems to have sagged
a bit, his energy surely hasn't. This friendly, go-for-broke
sequel finds our man Austin heading back to the '60s to keep
perennial nemesis Dr. Evil (Myers again) from blowing up the
world - and, more importantly, to get back his mojo, that
man-juice that turns Austin into irresistible catnip for women,
especially American girl Felicity Shagwell (a pretty but
vacant Heather Graham). The plot may be irreverent and illogical,
the jokes may be bad, and the scenes may run on too long, but
it's all delivered sunnily and with tongue firmly in cheek. Myers
teams Dr. Evil with a diminutive clone, Mini-Me (Verne J.
Troyer), then pulls a hat trick by playing a third character, the
obese and disgusting Scottish assassin Bastard.
Despite symptoms of sequelitis, Austin Powers in Goldmember
(2002) is must-see lunacy for devoted fans of the shagadelic
franchise. Unfortunately, the law of diminishing returns is in
full effect: for every big-name cameo and raunchy
double-entendre, there's an equal share of redundant shtick,
juvenile scatology, and pop-cultural spoofery. All is forgiven
when the hilarity level is consistently high, and Mike Myers
-returning here as randy Brit Austin, his nemesis Dr. Evil,
the bloated Scottish henchman Bastard, and new Dutch
disco-villain Goldmember - thrives by favouring comedic chaos
over coherent plotting. Once they've tossed Austin into the disco
fever of 1975 (where he's sent to rescue his her, gamely
played by Michael Caine), Myers and director Jay Roach seem
vaguely adrift with old and new characters, including Verne
Troyer's Mini-Me and pop star Beyoncé Knowles as Pam Grier-ish
blaxpo-babe Foxxy Cleopatra. A bit tired, perhaps, but Powers
hasn't lost his mojo.