Get Smart, Again!

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.

Everyone is back! Except for the Chief(Edward Platt, died in 1974) in this reunion of the fabulous 60's spy spoof "Get Smart". Agent 86, aka Maxwell Smart(Don Adams) is called up to fight KAOS, along with Agent 99(Barbara Feldon) they will be kicking butt again. Lots of new gadgets are here, like the magnet shoes that both Smart and KAOS leader Siegfried(Bernie Kopel, who later became the Doctor on "The Love Boat") wore. Then there's that Maj. Waterhouse(John deLancie, The Notorious "Q" on the latter "Star Trek" series: TNG, DS9, and Voyager) who would end up a double-agent. 99 used that gun that really packed a punch. The coolest gadget that topped it all was the laser credit card, only if Smart would learn to deactivate it first after use. The reunion movie was great, and all the characters were regular as usual. It was nice the movie mentioned Platt after 15 years of his death, he would be smiling down on everyone in the set. The reunion and the originals are a gem, the last attempt of revival should have been lidded. CASE CLOSED! Rating 2.5 out of 5 stars.

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.

"Get Smart, Again" rights the ship that had listed badly with "The Nude Bomb" nine years earlier.

For whatever reasons, the late great Don Adams and Robert Karvelas as Larribee were the only series regulars to star in the earlier film (Bill Dana and Joey Forman had small roles).

This time around, the gang's all here, except Ed Platt who died in 1974, and they haven't lost a step. All those dumb, idiotic, wonderful jokes are there; the timing is there; the characters are there. It's all there and it's all wonderful.

For fans, this is a joyful trip back down memory lane. Viewers new to the insanity will be curious to check out the classic series.

"Would you believe...." Yes, we would.

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?