Spy - review

FBI Agent Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) is quite comfortable sitting behind a desk as she guides her partner Bradley Fine (Jude Law) through his missions, but when he’s caught and seemingly killed during one such mission, she finds herself thrust into the field in an attempt to avenge his murder.

With the support of friend Nancy (Miranda Hart), but to the disgust of hardman and fellow field agent Rick Ford (Jason Statham), Susan finds herself going undercover as she’s tasked with tracking and reporting back on the Russian heiress whose aim is to sell nuclear weapons to terrorists. And with the death of her partner still fresh in her mind, Susan decides she can’t stand by and watch what’s happening and gets stuck in.

As Susan starts to find her feet, albeit a different technique to other spies, fellow agent Ford turns up on his own mission to try and crack the case, but he soon regrets underestimating Susan as she proves that in her own ways and with her own skills, she’s the one who has the makings of a true spy.

This American comedy action movie was a good laugh from start to finish.

Directed by Paul Feig, whose other movies include Bridesmaids and the new Ghostbusters movie, Spy was a send up of all spy movies, especially James Bond, which provided a smile and laughs all the way through.