Spy (2015)
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A desk-bound CIA employee must step into the field to track down a stolen nuclear device after her colleague is seemingly killed.
The story
Susan Cooper is a desk-bound CIA employee who remotely assists her partner, field agent Bradley Fine, on his missions. When Fine is caught in a confrontation with an arms dealer and is seemingly killed before he can reveal the location of a suitcase nuke, Susan is forced to take action. Because she has never been in the field, she is unknown to the enemies of the state. When she discovers that the dealer's daughter has contacted a terrorist middleman, Susan volunteers to track the girl herself. Despite protests from her colleagues regarding her lack of experience, she heads into the field to recover the device and stop the threat.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After her partner Bradley Fine is seemingly killed during a mission to find a suitcase nuke, desk-bound CIA agent Susan Cooper must go into the field. She tracks the dealer's daughter, Rayna, to Paris and later to Budapest. Along the way, she encounters various allies and enemies, including a flirtatious Italian named Aldo and a rogue agent named Rick Ford. Susan eventually discovers that Fine is alive and is working with Rayna. The plot culminates in a confrontation at a mansion where a terrorist attempts to trade the nuke for diamonds. Susan manages to stop the deal and ensure the nuke is recovered. In the aftermath, she is promoted to a field agent, and the film ends with a humorous moment between her and Ford.
- First release year
- 2015
- Runtime (minutes)
- 120
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Paul Feig
- Writers
- Paul Feig · writer
- Cast and characters
- Melissa McCarthy · Susan Cooper; Jason Statham · Rick Ford; Rose Byrne · Karen Walker; Jude Law · Aldo; Miranda Hart · Nancy; Bobby Cannavale · none; Allison Janney · Elaine Crocker
- Genres
- action; comedy
- Themes
- female empowerment; espionage
- Tone and mood
- comedy; action
- Premise and plot tags
- spy; action; comedy
- Reception
- The film received praise for the direction, screenplay, and the performances of the lead actors, particularly the comedic turn of Jason Statham.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 75 · scale: 100 · review count: 40
- Awards and nominations
- Golden Globe Awards · Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy · Nomination; Golden Globe Awards · Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy · Nomination
- Production trivia
- The film's title was changed to Spy on March 28, 2014.; A prosthetic was used for shots of Nicola (Julian Miller) exposing himself.; The production team had to present prosthetics to the MPAA for rating.
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