Austin Powers the Spy Who Shagged Me [M]

After narrowly escaping capture by cryogenically freezing himself, Dr Evil is back with an all-new plan to take over the world. Convinced that Austin Powers’ “mojo” is the only reason why his world domination attempts have never worked, Dr Evil develops a time machine and travels back to the sixties to steal Austin Powers’ mojo. With the hero then out of the way, he can focus his attention on taking over the world. Without his mojo, can Austin still defeat Dr Evil, save the world, and get the girl? 

This one is my favourite movie out of the Austin Powers trilogy. With more eccentric characters, more jokes, and more stars, I find myself quoting this film more than the others. 

After cryogenically freezing himself to avoid capture, Dr Evil has come out of orbit and returned to Earth with an even dastardlier plan to take over the world than before. He is convinced that the only reason Austin Powers has thwarted his plans so many times is because he has “mojo”: “the libido, the essence, the life force, the right stuff, what the French call a certain… I don’t know what.” So, in order to remove Austin Powers from the scene, he develops a time machine and travels back to the sixties when Austin was frozen and steals his mojo. With Britain’s hero out of the way, he then turns his attention to taking over the world with a giant lazar on the moon: “you see I’ve turned the moon into what I like to call a “Death Star.” Determined to get his mojo back, Austin also travels back in time to face Dr Evil. But, without his mojo, can he defeat Dr Evil, save the world, and get the girl? 

I found Austin Powers the Spy Who Shagged Me to be much funnier and cleverer than the first one. By now we must all get that the movies are Bond spoofs, which makes the title of the film all the more worth tittering at. This film is filled with really memorable jokes including the world’s greatest penis joke, a couple of Star Wars samples, a whole new way of seeing silhouette illusions, and even an episode of Jerry Springer. Genius! As I mentioned before, we get introduced to even more memorable characters in The Spy Who Shagged Me. 

Obviously all our favourites are still with us like Austin Powers, Dr Evil, Frau, Scott, Number 2, Mustafa, and Basil, but we get to welcome some new faces like Fat Bastard: one of Dr Evil’s more sizable henchmen, and Mini Me: Dr Evil’s clone that is one eighth his size. There is also some new eye candy in the form of Felicity Shagwell: special agent from the CIA. Mike Myers reprises the roles of Austin and Dr Evil, but he also plays the part of Fat Bastard, more is the humour and comic genius. Starring Heather Graham, Mindy Sterling, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Rob Lowe, Will Ferrell, Seth Green, Verne Troyer, Gia Carides, and Elizabeth Hurley, Austin Powers the Spy Who Shagged Me is packed with action, romance, time travel, toilet humour, space adventure, brilliant costumes, and features cameos from Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, and Jerry Springer. 

Funnier with more original and memorable jokes than the first film (some of which should not be watched while eating) it definitely has to be my favourite Austin Powers movie.