Le retour de Max La Menace

A gem of comedy with laughs , thrills , emotion , messes , lots of face-twitching , grunting , entertainment and amusement . Smart (Dom Adams) is back again as CONTROL's most incompetent agent causing trouble again .Maxwell Smart is a bumbling secret agent, assigned by his "Chief" to foil KAOS' latest plans for taking over the world . Equally , Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon) as his sidekick and wife , a highly intellectual agent working for the CONTROL agency, and robot Hymie (Dick Gautier) and those no-goodnicks at KAOS , including a traitor that they have to discover . Smart is called back to line of duty , while KAOS is back causing trouble again with a weather machine . Although instructed to keep his mission secret from his wife, 99, Max can't keep hiding from her forever, and soon the two battle the evil forces of rival spy agency . Along the way they are working together again in twisted cases . Agent 86 in his second full length feature . . . In action with agent 99 , the Smart girl who'll measure up to anything!

Nice TV film with the classic roles of the unforgettable and similar plot with a lot of fun .Seldom a hilarious jigsaw has so many amusingly fitting pieces .This is second reunion film following ¨The Nude Bomb¨ from the 60s TV show highlights all the wacky gadgetry , including the shoe phone , but falls to find the show's outlandishness . Splendid and attractive cast delivers a solid comedy , but silly at times , being a really nostalgic reunion , Dom Adams plays in his usual style as botcher, bungler or clumsy agent 86 called back to duty as KAOS is back , this time with a 'weather machine'. Helped of his competent partner Agent , a very faithful assistant well played by Barbara Feldon . Cued by engaging and likeable portrayals from a motley support cast , such as : Dick Gautier as Hymie, Bernie Kopell as Siegfried , King Moody , Harold Gould , Kenneth Mars , John de Lancie , among others . It contains a lively and moving musical score , including the classic leitmotif as well as appropriate and colorful cinematography , though a perfect remasttering being necessary . The picture was professionally directed by Gary Nelson who already made a lot of TV episodes .

The Maxwell Smart story based on characters created by Mel Brooks , Buck Henry , Leonard Stern has been developed in the following series and films : Get Smart series (1965-1970) in 138 episodes . The Nude Bomb movie1980 by Clive Donner with Sylvia Kristel , Rhonda Fleming , Dana Elcar , Pamela Hensley. Get Smart (1995-1995) in five episodes . A spin-off : Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control 2008 by Junger with Masi Oka , Nace Torrence. And Get Smart the movie 2008 by B Peter Segal with Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart , Anne Hattaway as Agent 99 , Dwayne Johnson as Agent 23 , Alan Arkin as The Chief and Terence Stamp, as Siegfried.

Goes a long way in making up for the abysmal THE NUDE BOMB nine years earlier. Dedicated to the memory of Ed Platt who died in 1974, Max is reunited with "99" and all the old favorites, Siegfried and Agent 13 as he takes on the awesome task of putting the Chaos "weather machine" out of action.

With wife "99" gone domestic and the twins in college, Max tries to handle his assignment without 99's knowledge as "working mothers" are not allowed to spy. Predictably, the wheels fall off for Max, and it is left to "99" to save the day, after which she joins him in his assignment.

The old magic is still there and both Adams and Feldon reprise their roles effortlessly. Ed Platt as chief is sorely missed, but wherever he is now, watching this would have brought a smile to his face.

I saw The Nude Bomb in 1980, and was highly disappointed. This made-for-TV movie is better. It doesn't totally recapture the goofiness of the original series, but it makes a good effort. All of the crazy characters are back with the exception of The Chief (the actor who played this character passed away in the mid-1970's). There are some scenes in this movie where the characters look as if they haven't missed a step from who they were in the original series. I would suggest skipping The Nude Bomb entirely, and watching this one instead.

"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.

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.