Starring: Steve Carell, Dwayne Johnson, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin, Terence Stamp, James Caan, and the Great Khali?

Directed by: Peter Segal

 

Well, I did wind up seeing “Get Smart” in theater this afternoon. A new comedy film that was adapted from the classic TV series.

Steve Carell plays Maxwell Smart who is Agent no. 86 known as a control agent. His mission is to fight against an evil crime nemesis known as Kaos. He partners up with Agent 99 with name not known but the character is played by the sexy Anne Hathaway to help along his mission. Maxwell always wanted to work with Agent 23 who is played by the Rock Dwayne Johnson but really never had the opportunity that he wanted. Maxwell must stop the evil Siegfried (played by Terence Stamp) from taking over the world. Maxwell has been given special gadgets to help along his mission.

My thoughts on the movie? I FUCKING LOVED IT!!!! It was actually one of the better new comedies in many years! This film has a mix of action and comedy both. The acting in the film was actually really good. Although the Rock isn’t in this movie much, he still stoled the show. I loved Anne Hathaway. Of course, Steve Carell is always awesome. Steve’s character Maxwell is very similar to his character Michael in “The Office”.

But in keep in mind though that the Rock is not the only wrestler having an acting role in the film. Current WWE star, The Great Khali is in the film also. The Great Khali is the one that Maxwell befriends with in the film, the big giant Indian guy. The Great Khali whose real name is Dalip Singh is an Indian wrestler who plays himself in “Get Smart”. Dalip Singh was one of Terence Stamp’s goons in the film. The Great Khali was actually great in this film although he is kind of boring in WWE. And guess what!!!! Khali speaks English in this film when he doesn’t in WWE!!! How ironic is that?

There is also a hilarious cameo appearance by “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest that got me laughing!

The film was very enjoyable. I didn’t get bored once, it was entertaining and I had a smile on my face pretty much throughout the entire film and had a few good laughs. The action scenes were even good too. It’s about time a decent comedy came out!!! This movie deserves a sequel!!!

Score for “Get Smart” = **** (4 stars as in excellent)

Kev