Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)

Director:

Kevin Allen

Writers (WGA):

Jeffrey Jurgensen (characters)
Harald Zwart (story) ...

Release Date:

12 March 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family | Mystery | Romance

Tagline:

Adventure is an attitude.

Plot:

With all-new gadgets, high-flying action, exciting chases and a wisecracking new handler, Derek (Anthony Anderson), Cody has to retrieve the device before the world's leaders fall under the evil control of a diabolical villain.

Plot Keywords:

Mind Control | Gadget | CIA | Boarding School | Spying

Cast

Frankie Muniz	...	Cody Banks
Anthony Anderson	...	Derek Bowman
Hannah Spearritt	...	Emily Sommers
Cynthia Stevenson	...	Mrs. Banks
Daniel Roebuck	...	Mr. Banks
Anna Chancellor	...	Lady Josephine Kenworth
Keith Allen	...	Victor Diaz
James Faulkner	...	Lord Duncan Kenworth
David Kelly	...	Trival
Santiago Segura	...	Santiago
Connor Widdows	...	Alex Banks
Keith David	...	CIA Director
Rod Silvers	...	Kumar
Jack Stanley	...	Ryan
Joshua Brody	...	Bender

Also Known As:

Agent Cody Banks 2 (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for action violence and some crude humor.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:U | South Korea:12 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:10 | Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) | Germany:6 | Iceland:LH | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #39990)

Filming Locations:

Canary Wharf Underground Station, Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs, London, England, UK

Company:

Dylan Sellers Productions

Trivia:

Frankie Muniz underwent two months of martial arts training before filming began.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the scene when Cody tells the music prodigies that they are secret agents, Cody stands Berkhamp on his head. You clearly see that while he is on his head his suit coat is on correctly, but in the next shot when he is falling to the floor, it is on backwards.

Quotes:

Cody Banks: [after he got beaten up by a beanie baby] What happened to you?
C.I.A. Director: I don't want to talk about it.

Movie Connections:

References Convoy (1978)

Soundtrack:

Left Foot Forward

a few safe for the family laffs

This is a fairly weak follow-up to the original. It lacks the newness and novelty found in first movies, which is to say it offered nothing really new or exciting.

In his movie we already know who he is and what he does. The gadgetry is nothing stunning or new. The special effects are fairly standard.

The biggest chance to go anywhere, and it was completely missed, was for him to at least get a little distracted by the cute flute player, or even the bassoon, woodwind buddy, girl. Granted we cannot let him go into full James Bond mode, but it was an opportunity to make a little something extra in the movie, and it was squandered.

All in all, I am not so wrapped up in or concerned with the stuff critics get off on. I don't need to say something special or controversial to get published. I don't need to rag on a film to feel superior to the great unwashed who pay to see it at the local cinema. I am concerned in being entertained and seeing my family equally entertained.

That said, we were mildly entertained. It will be a safe choice for family movie night from the video store. No one is going to be annoyed by it, but few will be thrilled either.

Save your theater movie, and wait to rent it.