I Spy
Attitude meets espionage.
2002 | 97m | English
Popularity: 6 (history)
| Director: | Betty Thomas |
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| Writer: | David Ronn, Jay Scherick, Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley |
| Staring: |
| When the Switchblade, the most sophisticated prototype stealth fighter created yet, is stolen from the U.S. government, one of the United States' top spies, Alex Scott, is called to action. What he doesn't expect is to get teamed up with a cocky civilian, World Class Boxing Champion Kelly Robinson, on a dangerous top secret espionage mission. Their assignment: using equal parts skill and humor, catch Arnold Gundars, one of the world's most successful arms dealers. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 31, 2002 |
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| Director: | Betty Thomas |
| Writer: | David Ronn, Jay Scherick, Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley |
| Genres: | Comedy, Adventure, Action, Thriller |
| Keywords | budapest, hungary, kidnapping, boxer, secret agent, liberation of hostage, hostage-taking, woman director |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, C2 Pictures, Tall Trees Productions, Sheldon Leonard Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $51,386,477
Budget: $70,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Eddie Murphy | Kelly Robinson |
| Owen Wilson | Alexander Scott |
| Famke Janssen | Rachel |
| Keith Dallas | Lunchbox |
| Malcolm McDowell | Gundars |
| Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe | Beautiful Girl |
| Gary Cole | Carlos |
| Bill Mondy | McIntyre |
| Lynda Boyd | Edna |
| Phill Lewis | Jerry |
| Viv Leacock | T.J. |
| Tate Taylor | Lieutenant Percy |
| Sugar Ray Leonard | Vegas Commentator |
| Larry Merchant | Vegas Commentator |
| Jimmy Lennon Jr. | Vegas Ring Announcer |
| Dana Lee | Zhu Tam |
| Mike Dopud | Jim |
| Darren Shahlavi | Cedric Mills |
| Blake 'The Blade' Lirette | Self |
| Simone Bailly | Vegas Showgirl |
| Angela Uyeda | Vegas Showgirl |
| Klaudia Kovacs | Hungarian Operator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Colette Squires | Photographer |
| Kendall Saunders | Beautiful Girl |
| Brad Kelly | Guard (uncredited) |
| Joe Cortez | Vegas Referee |
| Will Ferrell | President George W. Bush (voice) (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Peter Teschner | Editor |
| David Ronn | Screenplay |
| Morton S. Fine | Characters |
| Kathy Driscoll-Mohler | Casting |
| David Arnold | Second Assistant Director |
| Doug Byggdin | Art Direction |
| Angela Uyeda | Stunts |
| Melanie Cassidy | Art Department Assistant |
| Richard Graves | First Assistant Director |
| Bo Johnson | Art Direction |
| Grant Swain | Property Master |
| Thom Ryan | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Benita Brazier | Script Supervisor |
| Rick Stadder | Dolly Grip |
| Bruce L. Brownstein | Location Manager |
| Brent Boates | Production Illustrator |
| Charles Leitrants | Construction Coordinator |
| Ignacio McBurney | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Joseph Lederer | Still Photographer |
| Tamara McDonough | First Assistant Editor |
| Jeena M. Phelps | Dialogue Editor |
| Mo Henry | Negative Cutter |
| Peter Brown | Sound Effects Editor |
| Dennis McNeill | Color Timer |
| Dennis Johnson | Sound Recordist |
| Jay Scherick | Screenplay |
| David Friedkin | Characters |
| Kornél Sipos | Line Producer |
| Warren Carr | Unit Production Manager |
| Carey Villegas | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Elizabeth Wilcox | Set Decoration |
| David Crone | "A" Camera Operator |
| Chris Harris | "B" Camera Operator |
| Norma Hill-Patton | Key Makeup Artist |
| Fiona Connon | Makeup Artist |
| Stacey Morris | Hairstylist |
| Tim Hogan | Key Grip |
| Sean M. Harding | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Gitte Axen | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Pauline L. Tremblay | Key Hair Stylist |
| Denis Brock | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Michael Lemmers | Best Boy Grip |
| Jeff Hall | Rigging Gaffer |
| Tony Lazarowich | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Justin Bergler | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| George Majoros | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Vera Steimberg | Makeup Artist |
| Debra Wiebe | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Stuart Haggerty | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Rob Young | Production Sound Mixer |
| Brian Bouma | Dolly Grip |
| Jon Lavender | Boom Operator |
| Flemming Lund | Assistant Location Manager |
| Raymond Consing | Storyboard Artist |
| Rob Fournier | Armorer |
| Matt Reddy | Leadman |
| Barbara Wilson | Assistant Art Director |
| Kerri Elliott | Art Department Coordinator |
| Deborah Simmrin | Unit Publicist |
| Gordon Brunner | Leadman |
| Michael J. Benavente | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Alison Fisher | Dialogue Editor |
| Richard Whitfield | Music Editor |
| Jason W. Jennings | Sound Effects Editor |
| Mark Pappas | Foley Supervisor |
| Brian Epp | Assistant Property Master |
| Matthew Friedman | Additional Editing |
| Tricia Linklater | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Stephanie Lowry | Music Editor |
| Greg Orloff | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Susan Dudeck | ADR Editor |
| Greg ten Bosch | Sound Effects Editor |
| Andrea Horta | ADR Editor |
| Brian Ruberg | Foley Mixer |
| Matthew Dettmann | Foley Artist |
| Patrick Russ | Orchestrator |
| Betty Thomas | Director |
| Cormac Wibberley | Screenplay, Story |
| Marianne Wibberley | Screenplay, Story |
| Oliver Wood | Director of Photography |
| Richard Gibbs | Original Music Composer |
| J.J. Makaro | Stunts |
| Francine Maisler | Casting |
| Brent Woolsey | Stunt Coordinator |
| Simone Bailly | Stunts |
| Nicole Randall | Stunts |
| Ruth E. Carter | Costume Design |
| Bruce McBroom | Still Photographer |
| Doc Kane | ADR Mixer |
| Gary C. Bourgeois | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Beau Borders | Sound Effects Editor |
| Gary A. Hecker | Foley Artist |
| Marny Eng | Stunts |
| Jimmy N. Roberts | Stunt Double |
| Ray Conchado | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Marc Toberoff | Executive Producer |
| Warren Carr | Executive Producer |
| David R. Ginsburg | Executive Producer |
| Betty Thomas | Producer |
| Mario Kassar | Producer |
| Jenno Topping | Producer |
| Andrew G. Vajna | Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 28 | 49 | 16 |
| 2024 | 5 | 28 | 65 | 17 |
| 2024 | 6 | 21 | 34 | 15 |
| 2024 | 7 | 25 | 41 | 17 |
| 2024 | 8 | 21 | 36 | 14 |
| 2024 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 13 |
| 2024 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 10 |
| 2024 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 9 |
| 2024 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 10 |
| 2025 | 1 | 22 | 59 | 11 |
| 2025 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
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Hadn't seen this since it was released on DVD and... pretty much remember it being as mediocre as it was back then. Normally with these buddy films, you have one character who is off-kilter while the other is more serious, but here you had both off-kilter. Had this been today, would've been a good o ... pportunity to be a spoof of Mission: Impossible; cast a normally serious actor to play opposite the outlandish character. **3.0/5**
Annoying watch, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend. I like Eddie Murphy, I usually depend on him to carry movie given he's such a big personality. Unfortunately the character he is playing is every bit as annoying as Owen Wilson and that is amplified as, like I said, Eddie Murphy is ... a big personality and this character doesn't call for any nuance. Malcolm MacDowell does a his great creepy villain vibe, and Famke Janssen ("Golden Eye": Xenia Onatopp) makes a great spy: I wish she had done more of it. The majority of this movie is Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson playing some stupid characters and getting into situations that they can barely handle most of the time. It definitely doesn't feel like a "spy movie" the same way that someone knocking over a set of steel plate armor doesn't. This is much closer to an action-comedy, maybe similar to "Rush Hour", but not as good. I'm not saying there isn't anything to enjoy here, I'm just saying you can flip through Eddie Murphy's filmography to find a better movie, and there are a lot of other movies out there to see.