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Jean Dujardin returns as suave, sophisticated and utterly clueless French spy Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, France s answer to James Bond.The year is 1967 and de Gaulle s France requires OSS 117 to travel to Brazil and track down a former high-ranking Nazi, who wants to sell a microfilm of names listing French collaborators during the World War II. In Rio he joins forces with Dolores, a charming Mossad agent also on the trail of underground Nazis, but with the aim of bringing them to justice. Armed with an arsenal of weapons including classic good looks, matchless charm and unrivalled stupidity, OSS 117 is the man to call when villains need to be found, peace needs to be brokered and women seduced.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Jean Dujardin returns as suave, sophisticated and utterly clueless French spy Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, France's answer to James Bond.The year is 1967 and de Gaulle's France requires OSS 117 to travel to Brazil and track down a former high-ranking Nazi, who wants to sell a microfilm of names listing French collaborators during the World War II. In Rio he joins forces with Dolores, a charming Mossad agent also on the trail of underground Nazis, but with the aim of bringing them to justice. Armed with an arsenal of weapons including classic good looks, matchless charm and unrivalled stupidity, OSS 117 is the man to call when villains need to be found, peace needs to be brokered and women seduced... ...OSS 117 - Lost in Rio ( OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus ) ( OSS One Seventeen - Lost in Rio )
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I couldn't believe quite how good this film is. Whilst films like the Austin Powers series had their moments, this is an altogether sharper and more biting satire that has the eponymous hero out gunning for Nazi fugitives whilst the scriptwriters turn their attention to just about everyone possible dispatching their targets with more success that the combined deneavours of Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosman and Craig Daniels.
In the wrong hands this film could have been a crude pastiche. Instead, the world of the 1960's James Bond film is accurately replicated whether it be with the clothing, the cars, the locations or the music. The film feels like Dr. No transported to Rio but wheras Bond was the epitome of cool, OSS 117 continually spouts racist and sexist remarks that are so extreme as to be well beyond the arm of political correctness. The fact that the character is played with such a straight bat with no inkling of how ridiculous he is ensure that "Lost in Rio" is several notches in intelligence above your average comedy. Even the Israeli secret service "Mossad" are subject to xenophobic comments about not being trusted with a suitcase full of money whilst one of the films' funniest moments entails confusion between the word "hippique" which means equestrian and "hippies" who feature strongly in part of the story! Funny to see the Felix Liter character recast as the foul-mouthed Bill Tremendous who constantly ridicules his French colleague who mistakenly considers him to be sympathetic. I was in tears laughing but the whole film is delightfully politically incorrect and choc-a-block with Neanderthal-like remarks. The use of back projections and a very obviously fake crocodile add to the mischief the directors have at sending up the James Bond ouevre. In fact, I strongly believe that this films reaks more havoc upon James Bond than Blofeld ever did ! Small wonder that one website I saw considered this one of the top French films of the last ten years and non-Francophones should not feel excluded by the unversal humour. This is one of the most amusing films I have seen, full stop. Thoroughly recommended.
In the wrong hands this film could have been a crude pastiche. Instead, the world of the 1960's James Bond film is accurately replicated whether it be with the clothing, the cars, the locations or the music. The film feels like Dr. No transported to Rio but wheras Bond was the epitome of cool, OSS 117 continually spouts racist and sexist remarks that are so extreme as to be well beyond the arm of political correctness. The fact that the character is played with such a straight bat with no inkling of how ridiculous he is ensure that "Lost in Rio" is several notches in intelligence above your average comedy. Even the Israeli secret service "Mossad" are subject to xenophobic comments about not being trusted with a suitcase full of money whilst one of the films' funniest moments entails confusion between the word "hippique" which means equestrian and "hippies" who feature strongly in part of the story! Funny to see the Felix Liter character recast as the foul-mouthed Bill Tremendous who constantly ridicules his French colleague who mistakenly considers him to be sympathetic. I was in tears laughing but the whole film is delightfully politically incorrect and choc-a-block with Neanderthal-like remarks. The use of back projections and a very obviously fake crocodile add to the mischief the directors have at sending up the James Bond ouevre. In fact, I strongly believe that this films reaks more havoc upon James Bond than Blofeld ever did ! Small wonder that one website I saw considered this one of the top French films of the last ten years and non-Francophones should not feel excluded by the unversal humour. This is one of the most amusing films I have seen, full stop. Thoroughly recommended.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
While OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies was one of the smartest and silliest spoofs to come off the Continent in years, sadly this followup falls into the all-too familiar sequel trap of, having used up its best gags first time round, playing up variations on the same but a bit larger in the hope that the overplaying will make the material funnier. Much of the time it doesn't.
Not that Jean Dujardin's wonderfully smug, xenophobic and heroically unaware reinvention of Jean Bruce's (serious) 50s-60s spy isn't still a wonderfully obnoxious creation - the kind of person who doesn't think Brazil is a dictatorship because the weather is too nice, thinks hippies are people who have sex with horses, Judaism is "a religion that forbids sausages" and who blithely goes into the German embassy to ask for a list of prominent ex-Nazis, he's anti-Semitic, sexist, De Gaullist (there's one wonderfully uncomfortable pause when the subject of French collaborators is raised) and so entrenched in his bourgeois values that he even beats up a Nazi's son for badmouthing his war criminal father.
But while there are some fun moments en route to its North by Northwest inspired climax on Rio's giant statue of Christ the Redeemer, not least an inspired hospital chase where Dujardin and the villain wake up in the same hospital ward, it doesn't quite work enough of the time this time round. Some ideas are better on paper than the screen, such as the opening that takes the notion of the 'expendable' Bond girls to near-Apocalyptic extremes, but unlike the first film it never looks and feels right. Whereas Cairo went to remarkable lengths to recreate not just the production design, wardrobe, directorial style and even film stock of 60s spy movies, aside from the film's plentiful split-screen montages this often feels more like video than film, taking it out of the time it was set. But while that may be a simply cosmetic sin, more troublesome is the way that parts of the film often drag and feel underdeveloped. There's still enough in the film that's fun to make it worth a look, but with too few standout gags and not enough genuine panache to stop it from being a disappointing step down from the original.
Not that Jean Dujardin's wonderfully smug, xenophobic and heroically unaware reinvention of Jean Bruce's (serious) 50s-60s spy isn't still a wonderfully obnoxious creation - the kind of person who doesn't think Brazil is a dictatorship because the weather is too nice, thinks hippies are people who have sex with horses, Judaism is "a religion that forbids sausages" and who blithely goes into the German embassy to ask for a list of prominent ex-Nazis, he's anti-Semitic, sexist, De Gaullist (there's one wonderfully uncomfortable pause when the subject of French collaborators is raised) and so entrenched in his bourgeois values that he even beats up a Nazi's son for badmouthing his war criminal father.
But while there are some fun moments en route to its North by Northwest inspired climax on Rio's giant statue of Christ the Redeemer, not least an inspired hospital chase where Dujardin and the villain wake up in the same hospital ward, it doesn't quite work enough of the time this time round. Some ideas are better on paper than the screen, such as the opening that takes the notion of the 'expendable' Bond girls to near-Apocalyptic extremes, but unlike the first film it never looks and feels right. Whereas Cairo went to remarkable lengths to recreate not just the production design, wardrobe, directorial style and even film stock of 60s spy movies, aside from the film's plentiful split-screen montages this often feels more like video than film, taking it out of the time it was set. But while that may be a simply cosmetic sin, more troublesome is the way that parts of the film often drag and feel underdeveloped. There's still enough in the film that's fun to make it worth a look, but with too few standout gags and not enough genuine panache to stop it from being a disappointing step down from the original.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
If you have not seen Oss117 Lost in Rio, buy it immediately. It is a hilarious spoof of James Bond in the way only the French could do. You should also buy Oss117 Cario Nest of Spies which is the first film.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Not Lost, but Found- a comedy genius
I bought this as amazon recommended it after i purchased the dvd " OSS 117 Lost in Cairo" a really funny film, for those worried about subtitles- it doesnt distract or detract from... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jorn G. Cooper
Most "politically uncorrect", but funny film I've seen
We got this film after seeing "The Artist", since it was made by the same director and leading actor, a couple of years ago. Read more
Published 3 months ago by F. L. P. Souza
Dujardin, Jean Dujardin!
It has now been proven that Jean Dujardin is a fantastic actor, and not only for silent romantic films. He is also a comedy genius and the OSS 117 are the proof. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Sanders
A Great Comedy Sequel
'OSS 117 - Cairo Nest Of Spies' was one of my favourite film finds of recent years - a French spy comedy which owed a great deal to the Connery-era James Bond films, together with... Read more
Published 5 months ago by A. Foxley
OSS Lost in Rio
boring film. hardly laughed...like the style and period it emcompassed, but maybe the french homour does not come through the subtitling.
Published 8 months ago by meryl
Amusing and Idiosyncratic
A good French comedy with a renowned French comedian in the starring role. A real kick in the teeth for PC humbug and suave in some many Gallic ways. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Black Prince
A sequel that is as good/better
You have to go with the flow with these. Truly watchable and the time zaps , some fabulous scenes, the main man is memorable plus and pulls it through whatever, whenever. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Norman Field
Lost in Rio - Good but no classic
I purchased this film after watching OSS 117 - Cairo City of Spies, which is an absolute classic for many reasons. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Racket Man
Disappointed!
What a disappointment! The first film set in Egypt is great and I would of given it 4 stars. This unfortunately is dire in comparison. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Liontamer
Best Bond Spoof!!!
Not as funny as the first but a very close second. A few boring moments but overall some excellent sketches. So glad they did another and hope it goes on as long as 'Bond' has. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Juan Carlos Mateo
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