Amazon.co.uk Review
Agent Cody Banks is a wish-fulfilment adventure for James Bond wannabes who are still too young to shave. Just in time for puberty's curtain call, Malcolm in the Middle's Frankie Muniz stars in the title role as a 15-year-old recruit to the CIA's youth-agent programme, who gets what millions of men desire: a face full of Angie Harmon's cleavage. (It's just for laughs; the sexy Law & Order alumnus plays Cody's CIA handler, but you've got to admit this Bond Girl with a boy thing is a bit perverse.) Otherwise, the movie's a low-rent Bond clone from the director of One Night at McCool's, with a pair of twisted villains (Ian McShane, Arnold Vosloo) threatening to unleash stolen "Nanobot" technology that can ruin everyone's day. It's barely fun enough to be worthwhile, but the best gag (at 007's expense) is buried in the soundtrack, when a CIA receptionist announces, "Will the owner of a silver Aston Martin please report to security... you are parked in a handicapped zone". So much for respecting your elders! --Jeff Shannon
DVD Description
Cody Banks (Muniz) seems like a typical teenager but Cody has a really big secret even his family and best friends don't know: he's actually an elite undercover agent for the CIA.
Special Features
- Agent action:
Developing Cody Banks
Creating Cody Banks
Posting Cody Banks - Audio commentaries with director and cast
- 3 featurettes:
Agent in Training
How to Talk to Girls
Cool Make-Up Tricks by Hilary Duff - Behind the Scenes photo gallery
- Director’s diary
- Multi-angle deconstruction
- Deleted scenes
- Outtakes
- Trailers
From the Back Cover
Frankie Muniz (Malcolm in the Middle) and Hilary Duff (Lizzie McGuire) star in this clever and lively action adventure about a junior CIA agent on a mission to save the world, stop the bad guys and get the girl! Featuring cool gadgetry, exciting special effects and the best skateboard chase ever captured on film, Agent Cody Banks always delivers edge-of-your-seat action for the entire family.
