"Steve Carell inherits the shoe phone from the late, great Don Adams in this hilarious feature film adaptation of the classic Mel Brooks and Buck Henry ’60s sitcom Get Smart.
When the headquarters of US spy agency CONTROL is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, the Chief (Alan Arkin) has no choice but to promote his ever-eager analyst Maxwell Smart (Carell), who has always dreamt of working in the field alongside muscular luminary Agent 23 (Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson). Smart is partnered instead with the pretty-but-powerful veteran Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway). Can they forget about their differences long enough to save the world from total KAOS?
Get Smart is not just as funny as the old TV show, it’s also a very loyal and faithful adaptation – in fact, would you believe that the main difference between the series and the film is the addition of some wonderfully full-on action sequences? You would? Good, because everybody loves a good car chase and rooftop slugfest!
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