I only recently realized that I hadn’t talked about this film and I wonder why. Action comedies are one of my favourite genres and I do not like to miss an opportunity to talk about films I have enjoyed in that genre, especially when said films feature actors who are more or less veterans in the game.
Spy (2015)
40-year-old Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) is a CIA employee who merely sits at her desk and assists her partner who is field agent, Bradley Fine. Susan has never served in the field but volunteers to participate in this new mission which her boss reluctantly agrees to. With the help of her best friend and colleague Nancy, who provides her with remote intelligence, Susan goes on a journey to Paris.
On her arrival there, she meets Aldo, a cheerful and lustful Italian who persistently and repeatedly chases after her. From there on are a series of actions that Susan faces despite her inexperience, like saving someone from an assassination attempt, surviving a knife fight, and shooting to kill for the first time in her career. She encounters betrayal, double-crossing, and gross underestimation of her abilities, but it is up to former desk worker now CIA field agent Susan to prove that there's more to her than meets the eye.
I don’t think I’ve seen any film of Melissa McCarthy that I did not enjoy. It doesn’t matter if she’s the stereotypical clown in most of her films, she’s a natural and exudes a unique aura that I just find endearing. Comedy is not just a script you’re going to act if you don’t have the knack for it. Thankfully, Melissa has it in spades, and the fact that she was the protagonist crystallized the entire movie-watching experience for me.
I loved the action as well. Of course, everything is mostly comic which lessens to a great degree the severity of the fights and all of that, but genuinely, that is my forte, in the sense that I enjoy action films like that. There’s a tendency to overdo the comedy so much so that the action now appears silly, but thankfully, this was not the case. Jason Statham can never go wrong in my eyes as far as action films are concerned, so his presence there was pretty spot-on to balance the comedic figure that is Melissa.
I wouldn’t want to say too much although I genuinely feel that you’re missing out on a cinematic masterpiece if you haven’t seen this film production yet. I cannot believe that it has been ten years already since it was released. It certainly doesn’t feel that long. People tend to gravitate towards more serious productions these days but frankly speaking, films like these in this dispensation of life are what we need now. Something fun and lighthearted but still impactful at the same time. Again, a truly delightful piece. Hope you enjoy!
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