Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Rating: ****/*****, or 7/10

Second entry into the Austin Powers trilogy. Clearly it had a much bigger budget, given the much more lavish look and the worldwide theatrical release (the first movie was released directly to video in several countries instead, including the Netherlands). However, the big joke of Austin and Dr. Evil being characters out of time is now replaced by being in their own time for most of the movie, as it deals with a time travel plot that sees both of them returning to the late sixties, thus taking some fun out of the equation established by the first film. Fortunately there's still plenty of laughs to go around when Austin's 'mojo' is stolen by his archenemy's overweight agent Fat Bastard (Myers adding a third role to his repertoire in this set of films), while Dr. Evil has to deal with his midget clone Mini-Me and his son Scott who can't really get along, plus the execution of his evil scheme to fry the world with a giant laser installed on his secret moon base. It's a good thing Austin can count on the expertise of special agent Felicity Shagwell (Heather Graham) to combat this diabolical plot!

Starring: Mike Myers, Mike Myers, Mike Myers, Heather Graham

Directed by Jay Roach

USA: New Line Cinema, 1999