I didn't really like the first Austin Powers movie. I didn't think it was as funny as other people did and the replay value wasn't there for me. For whatever reason, I like the second one much better. Picking up immediately after the first movie, Austin Powers (Mike Meyers) is on his honeymoon with Vanessa Kensington (Elizabeth Hurley) when he realizes that she is, in fact, a fembot intent on killing him. After her destruction, Austin gets back on the swinging bachelor scene, but not for long. Dr. Evil (Mike Meyers) has used a time machine to send an agent named Fat Bastard (Mike Meyers) to steal Powers' mojo while he was cryogenically frozen. Robbed of his libido, Austin travels back into the 60's to stop Dr. Evil with the help of American spy Felicity Shagwell (Heather Graham).
Everything about this movie is patently ridiculous but it's also brightly-colored and fun. You could easily pick apart how obvious the jokes are, how thin the plot is, and how overdone the characters are, but why bother? This isn't grand cinema. It's cotton candy with a 60's soundtrack. Sometimes that's all you need.
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