By: Shaun

Due to rich texture and Mike Myers sheer brilliance the sequel to the classic 1997 comedy is a surefire success. Although it is a bit repetitious the nostalgia of the first film was felt throughout this one. The punch line "Yea baby, yea" may seem a bit tiring and worn out to some, but I still laugh like a wild ape when those rotten teeth and thick British accent ignite the screen. Myers ragged on everything that is considered "cool" and "hip" nowadays. From Will Smith to Star Wars, it was a comic delight. Not nearly as good as the original, this film managed to be the funniest movie so far this year. Plot wise it is somewhat weak and indecisive, but comedy wise it is a nonstop riot. Its credibility is also not one of its highpoints, but we get the message about ten minutes into the film. As Basil, British intelligence tells Austin to enjoy himself on his ride back to the 60’s, Basil then stares at the audience and says "the same goes for you too". So from that point on I complied with Basil’s request and experienced excessive enjoyment. Watching this movie is a way of eluding reality, forgetting your troubles, and just have a wild romp of laughs until your sides begin to ache. The new addition of Heather Graham as Austin’s sidekick was a bad move, compared to Elizabeth Hurley’s character (who is killed off in the opening sequence), Graham is vapor. Not only can Graham not act (although she was amazing in my favorite film of 1997 "Boogie Nights") but she improvises on almost all her lines. Graham is definitely one of the hottest women alive but she is terrible as Austin’s sidekick, and any scene with her dialogue extracts from Austin’s greatness. Although she is not a total abomination to the series, they better get somebody new for the third installment, I doubt they even auditioned her. The rest of the new additions, such as Mini-Me and Fat Bastard were tremendously hysterical. Not only are we granted with these new additions, Dr. Evil, Mustafa, and Frau Farbissina are all back and better then ever. In my opinion they should make a new Austin Powers film every two years. The jokes are not dry in the second installment, unlike Jim Carrey’s Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls which was a terrible sequel to Ace Ventura. Myers whips up a perfect recipe of humor in each scene bringing life and laughs in each of his characters. He thrives for getting laughs out of every member in the audience, and he will do just about anything for a snicker. In the sequel Myers takes on three roles playing Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, and puts on his best Scottish accent from "So I Married An Axe Murderer" in the new villain Fat Bastard. Another mishap in Myers script is writing in Scott (Seth Green) as just someone who is there to call his father, Dr. Evil, a "retard" or "numb nuts". Scott’s character was just a waste of time and was extremely annoying, unlike in the original film. My last complaint is that I would have liked to of seen more from Mr. Bigglesworth.

The new Austin Powers film is just a shindig of moments when we laugh profusely, and cannot help it, resisting to laugh in this movie is futile, weather you like it or not laughs will arise from your belly. The plot is simple and easy to follow, mostly all of the characters are enjoyable, and the script is a riot. This film is a grandeur of side splitting laughter, that is if you liked the first film. Is you loathed the original "Austin Powers" then you will despise this sequel. But if you are like the rest of us, then this sequel is very groovy.

It starts out right where the first film left off, in Austin’s (Mike Myers) honeymoon sweet, where him and his new bride Vanessa (Elizabeth Hurley) are just done shagging. Austin, being the promiscuous love magnet that he is, is ready to go at it again when Vanessa is starting to act very peculiar. It turns out to be that she is a fem bot (one of Dr. Evil’s deadly assassins) out to kill Austin. She self destructs and leaves Austin devastated, for about two seconds. "Vanessa, the women who taught me the beauty of monogamous love, was a fem bot all along….wait a tick, that means I’m single, oh behave!" Austin says with joy. That line alone made me gasp for breath. Then we cut to the opening credit sequence which is a classic and great follow up dance sequence to the firsts.

Dr. Evil (Mike Myers) returns from space into his new layer, which is a starbucks coffee shop in Seattle. There he is reunited with his family of evil assassins, and finds the son he never had, Mini-Me. Mini-Me (Verne Troyer) resembles Dr. Evil in every aspect, he thinks like him, acts like him, but is 1/8 his size. Dr. Evil has hatched another sinister plan on how to take over the world with no Austin Powers deviating and foiling his plots it, no one will meddle with him after he has gotten Powers out of the picture. So Dr. Evil decides to travel back in time and steal Austin’s "mojo" his source of strength and vitality, much like his "force". So Dr. Evil sends out one of his henchmen who is a security guard in the National Guard, to steal Austin’s mojo. This henchman is the obese Fat Bastard, the funniest villain to embrace cinema. Austin was chriogenicly frozen in 1967, so Fat Bastard steals his mojo in the year 1969, while he is frozen. Know Dr. Evil travels back in time with Mini-Me in order to take over the world. When he reaches his layer in 1969, we meet a much younger Number 2 (Rob Lowe).

Austin must now also travel back in time to retrieve his mojo, defeat Dr. Evil, go back to the swinging sixties, and be back in time for tea. Upon his arrival to the sixties, Austin lands in his house, a swingers club, where we first meet Felicity Shagwell (Heather Graham), a CIA agents who will assist Austin in his work, among other things.

When you go into this film you need to expect a movie with no point but to make fun of James Bond, Jerry Maguire, and Star Wars. It is a definite crowd pleasure with plenty of gags to keep you interested. Although some of the potty humor is getting a bit obnoxious, Myers performs those scenes so beautifully that I did not care how dumb or gross they were. I cannot wait for the third one to be released and am anticipating any movie that Mike Myers is planning on doing in the near future. I also pray that Fat Bastard is in the third film, the guy killed me with his Scottish accent and over the top eating habits. Overall in comedy I give Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me an "A" but as a whole film….