BEFORE: From club kids to male models - I realize this is considered more of a Ben Stiller movie, but I know Will Ferrell plays the villain...
THE PLOT: At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
AFTER: It was a little hard to get a read on this film (and also a little hard to stay awake during it...), it just came off as ridiculous to me, without many redeeming qualities.
I guess it qualifies as a spoof of spy films, but it didn't go far enough into either homage or parody, like an "Austin Powers" film would. There were a few funny moments, mostly confusions resulting from the dumbness of the male model characters, but not enough to really be a laugh riot. I guess I liked the sequences that spoofed "2001" and "The Godfather", but there were just as many attempts at humor that fell flat.
We're supposed to believe that every major political assassination since Lincoln was carried out by a male model...yeah, that's a bit of a stretch. Supposedly they make the best assassins since they're in top physical form, and essentially brain-dead upstairs. It's a cute idea, with almost nothing to back it up.
Also starring (and directed by) Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor, Jerry Stiller, Milla Jovovich, and David Duchovny, with cameos from Jon Voight, Judah Friedlander, Vince Vaughn, Fabio, David Bowie, Natalie Portman, Patton Oswalt, Billy Zane, Winona Ryder, Andy Dick, Garry Shandling, Fred Durst, Lance Bass, and many more...and yes, that was James Marsden as John Wilkes Booth!
RATING: 4 out of 10 bodyguards
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