Get Smart

Starring: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, et al.

Product Description

The action comedy "Get Smart" sends CONTROL agent Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) on his most dangerous and important mission: to thwart the latest plot for world domination by the evil crime syndicate known as KAOS. It also happens to be his very first mission. When the headquarters of secret U.S. spy agency CONTROL is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, the Chief (Alan Arkin) has no choice but to promote his ever-eager analyst Maxwell Smart, who has always dreamt of working in the field alongside his idol, stalwart superstar Agent 23 (Dwayne Johnson). Smart is partnered instead with the only other agent whose identity has not been compromised: the lovely-but-lethal veteran Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway). As Smart and 99 get closer to unraveling KAOS' master plan--and each other--they discover that key KAOS operative Siegfried (Terence Stamp) and his sidekick, Shtarker (Ken Davitian), are scheming to cash in with their network of terror. With no field experience and little time, Smart--armed with nothing but a few spy-tech gadgets and his unbridled enthusiasm--must defeat KAOS if he is to save the day.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 085391139775
• Release Date: January 2008
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: WarnerBrothers
• Director: Peter Segal
• Starring: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Terence Stamp, Alan Arkin, James Caan, Masi Oka, David Koechner, Terry Crews, Ken Davitian
• Runtime: 1 hour, 50 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; AC-3; Color; Dolby; Dubbed; NTSC; Subtitled; Widescreen
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

This rendition of getting Smart missed it by "that much."

Max Smart (Steve Carell), who works for a super-secret government agency called CONTROL, is just itching to get out of this a-n-a-l-y-s-t job and become an agent in the field. As luck or unluck would have it, his opportunity comes early. KAOS, their evil crime nemesis, has obtained all the names of the CONTROL agents except for Agent 99 (played by Anne Hathaway). Now KAOS is threatening to nuke a few cities if they do not get their extortion money. Who is behind the dastardly plot? Of course, it is the last person you would suspect. Sure. It can be quite tricky to balance the unique silliness of the original 1965-1969 TV series starring Don Adams and Barbara Feldon with today's audience. If it had been made a period piece, the presentation would have lost the opportunity to be sophisticated enough for today's discerning audience. Yet if it became too plausible, we would lose the whimsicality that made the series great. This rendition of getting Smart missed it by "that much." The Blu-ray version is standard by today's standards. There is nothing impressive or unique about the technology showing this story; Blu-ray has been around for a while and will eventually be replaced. I would caution you that the outtakes are alternate scenes and a determinant of your enjoyment of this movie, instead of enhancing it.