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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Special Edition Blu-Ray Review

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2 years ago

April 15, 2021

Yeah, baby yeah! Austin Powers is back with Mike Myers’ brilliant cult comedy Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery getting a special edition Blu-ray and DVD release this April.

The Austin Powers films are all great fun and loved by so many people so why not go back to the start with this new special edition Blu-ray and watch the grooviest secret agent of all return after 30 years of being cryogenically frozen to defeat Dr Evil. After Dr Evil narrowly escapes from Powers in 1967, the two must return in the 90s and Evil plans to threaten the world once more and ~~only the world’s greatest spy~~ only Austin Powers can stop him.

Mike Myers is on top form here, not only did he write the film, but he also plays both Austin Powers and Dr Evil. It’s a brilliantly hilarious spy movie parody that gets you in stitched the whole way through. Dr Evil is a far superior villain than Blofeld or any of the Bond villains; none of them ever tried to kill the protagonist with ill-tempered mutated sea bass or sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads.

It perfectly spoofs spy films and the James Bond films in many of its characters and in many different ways, but it also works perfectly on its own as a comedy without having to be watched in the context of 007. At just 94 minutes long, the time flies by and it has you laughing out loud every few minutes, even if you’ve seen the film multiple times before.

The film came out in 1997 and it doesn’t really hold up in terms of cultural opinions. The film’s main character is a misogynist who spends the whole time talking about how randy he is. There’s even a character called Alotta Fagina. I doubt we’re going to ever see any more of Austin Powers just because of how politically incorrect the character is but that being said, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery is still very funny. Even re-watching it in 2021, it still gets quite a lot of laughs and it’s still a very funny film.

In terms of the bonus features on this new special edition Blu-ray there isn’t really anything to get too excited about. It includes a featurette on the characters Austin and Vanessa as well as some B-roll footage, character soundbites, TV spots and clips as well as the funky music video for the credits song “BBC” by Ming Tea. None of these extras are particularly exciting which is a bit disappointing but nonetheless it’s exciting to have such a groovy film on a nice brand new Blu-ray.

Groovy baby!

★★★★☆

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery is on special edition Blu-ray, DVD and Digital 19 April.

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Heartstopper was one of those shows that comes out of nowhere and instantly becomes a sensation. Last summer we were introduced to this heartwarming and sweet show from Netflix, and now we finally have its second season. The wait was only a little over a year since its freshman season, but the wait still felt like an age. But the teen drama is back, this time with a more mature and settled storyline.

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