Die nackte Bombe II

It's 1989. Kaos is back in business. Who better to stop them, than Maxwell Smart, Agent 86. It's been 20 Years since Control was in business fighting Kaos. Max has been called back to active duty in this hilarious reunion movie of the hit TV show Get Smart. Max (Don Adams) has reactivated his team from Control, which includes his still beautiful wife Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon). Also returning is Robert Karvalas as Larrabee, Dick Gautier as Hymie, and Dave Ketchum as Agent 13. Kaos plans to take over the world with a weather machine. Bernie Kopell returns as Siegfried with his companion Shtarker (King Moody) as they lead Kaos in their plan. Though a lot of the old jokes are re-used, you will still find this movie funny. It's the series all over again and it shows that Get Smart has not lost its touch after 20 years. It is still as popular as ever. Do not skip this movie. A+++++

Get Smart was a remarkable sitcom. Don Adams' humor and charisma charmed me into watching the series from episode one and on through the five seasons. It was one of the first spoof comedies and you can totally see the influence of that show on Airplane, Police Squad, Hot Shots and Scary Movie to name a few. But I almost missed this great send-off having troubles finding it. I found the 1995 revival series first which was a total disaster and I started to feel a bit worried that this movie might not catch up to my expectations but then I finally found Get Smart, Again! and I can say with certainty that I was loving every minute of it. All of the main characters are here (except for the character of Chief played by Edward Platt who passed away) and their chemistry is still there. Sure, the humor is no longer new and at times a bit stale but not less funny that's for sure. The plot is super childish but once you remember what kind of a show it was in the first place you realize you're enjoing the movie anyway. It was great to see the adventures of Max, 99 & Co. once again for the last time. Would you believe I really liked this movie? Well I did. A good and proper ending to the series.

I really wanted to love this movie as much as I love the series. Unfortunately this movie did not do the series justice.

Don Adams looks ill in this movie, like he's sick and just holding it all together. Barbara Feldon is still the sexy agent 99, even though she's showing her age. Ed Platt (The Chief from the series) is sorely missed.

Although it's nice to see most of the gang, the jokes are a little old as is the cast.

I suppose it's a nice "goodbye" to a series that was in top form at it's peak but was never followed up until it was too late.

How come that a extremely good series would not have its twenty years later revival. A must for the real fan. I enjoyed it, but somehow it was like seeing a bunch of old clowns, repeating old jokes (well, I guess it was exactly that), but the jokes were not funny anymore.

If you didn't like the series, this is not the movie for you. If you liked the series, as much as I did, this is a must, but don't set too high your expectations, it's a thing for remembering and enjoying.

Given that the premise of the film is that Smart, Agent 99 and the rest of the (still alive) rag-tag Control agents are reactivated to fight Kaos, one really has to be a fan of the original series to enjoy the movie.

I can't remember how old Don Adams was when he started the series, but, make-up aside, in this production, he looks 70s-ish. Barbara Feldon still looks amazing, and Bernie Kopell as "Siegfreid" doesn't seem to have aged a bit.

HOWEVER, if you're not a fan of the original series, this is not for you. There are constant references back to the series but, there are many one-liners referring to the current (at the time of release) US government.

They only work as comedy/irony if applied to the Govt of the time. Nothing ages as fast as political satire - unless that satire is timeless. And this ain't. Still...

Poke fun at the intelligence gathering community, because if we don't, who will?