Spy

And as promised, the review for Spy, the most surprising film of this year so far. Not only was I surprised by the title being vaguer than my resume, but it was also a very good movie, and better directed than most action thrillers these days, even if it is a parody of them.

The story follows Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) trying to stop a transaction of a nuculear bomb, A.K.A. the most generic spy-movie plot, however, the clever writing, the unforseeable twists, and Jason Statham, make this an extremely entertaining film to watch. The movies opening is extremely familiar and brings a rush of nostaligia shivering down your spine, as agent Fine (Jude Law) inflartates a mansion, kills the crimelord and escapes via boat. All this sounds so familiar that youd think its "just another one", but, its Susan that makes it intresting, she humanises the allknowingness of the heroes in action movies by showing that the spies are guided by a person behind a laptop with all the knowlege.

The film's direction is, as mentioned, better than alot of other films today. The action scenes are the best I've seen since Skyfall in 2012, and seeing how we have to wait for another 5 months before Spectre comes out, Spy is our best shot at getting a truly hilarious and great summer spy-flick. Melissa McCarthy also shines in the movie and really makes me believe that she can kick ass. And while Jude Law's american accent is a little wooden at times, he more than makes up to it by selling his suaveness at the market with little chockolates on the side. But dont get me started on how great Jason Statham was as the machoing jerk, Ford. He absolutely nailed the bloated story telling and general englishness of his charachter.

Unfortunately, today was the last showing of it at my local theather, and I cant go see it again, but lets hope I get to see it many more times. And you see it too if you can, or want to, or dont, I'm a guy on the internet, not a movie-cop.