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Get Smart (2008), a film adaptation of the 1960s satirical television series, combines classic comedy with modern situations in a fun and funny film.

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“Would you believe...?” Peter Segal’s Get Smart brings a classic television comedy brilliantly to the big screen. An adaptation of the 1960s television series, Segal’s Get Smart cleverly weaves in the series’ hallmarks with updated humor and modern situations.

Maxwell Smart, an analyst for the covert government agency called Control, dreams of moving from office life to become a field agent. When Kaos, an allegedly disbanded terrorist organization from the Cold War era, infiltrates Control and learns the identities of their field agents, Control Chief Alan Arkin turns to Maxwell Smart to uncover Kaos’ base of nuclear weapons production in Russia. Accompanied by Agent 99, an experienced field agent whose identity is safe due to recent plastic surgery, Smart takes on his new role as Agent 86 with the usual Maxwell flair, leading the audience through a series of hilarious mishaps on the road to completing his mission.

This film adaptation impressively juxtaposes the old television series with new actors and plot elements, providing explanations for many of the incongruent details. In the movie scenario, both Control and Kaos are believed to have been dissolved at the end of the Cold War, yet both are continuing operations secretly. Agent 99, who by the movie’s chronology would be nearing her fifties, has recently undergone plastic surgery due to an identity breach and has chosen a younger face, explaining the presence of a young actress in that role. The movie also brings in elements to appease old series’ fanatics, including Smart’s “Would you believe…” statements, his characteristic trip-ups, and the beloved “Cone of Silence.” Even Maxwell Smart’s trademark red sports car and shoe-phone make an appearance, on display as relics of the archaic Control organization. The only disparate element between the movie and the television series is Smart’s own story – the choice to make Smart an analyst eager to enter the field rather than a seasoned agent alters the audience’s image of Maxwell Smart, yet serves the movie well in making Smart a sympathetic and believable character. After all, the logic of the 1960s Smart continuing as a field agent despite multiple bungles was a bit of a stretch.

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