Several chuckles and gags, the result of which is one acceptable entry on spoof genre. It starts with French secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath (Jean Dujardin), also known by his codename OSS 117, escapes from Afghan captivity, he is already looking forward to more thrilling missions. Hubert Bonisseur is the French spy considered by his superiors to be the best in the business. Instead, he is assigned a desk job, and the assignments are probably over. This fun and charming spoof , set in 1981, OSS 117 (The Artist's Oscar-winner Jean Dujardin) is sent on a mission to Africa to help out a president under attack from rebels. OSS 117 does not need to be said twice. This way, he can show the world that he is still the best of them all. But then his younger colleague Serge disappears without a trace under the alias OSS 1001 while he is on an important mission in Africa. This is not easy, as a rebellion is brewing in the country with the aim of getting rid of President Koudjo Sangawe Bamba (Habib Dembélé). And France, which has good relations with the dictator, cannot sit idly by a violent rebellion. Along the way, he has to contend with the rise of feminism, computer technology and the Cold War, as well as the arrival of a younger rival, OSS 1001 (Pierre Niney). Secret agent OSS 117 foils rebels , beds local beauties, and brings peace as well as mayhem to Africa .. He's been sent on a mission , to look for a former agent who has been missing . His eventful mission takes him all across Africa accompanied by agent OSS 1001/Pierre Niney and taking on a lot of adventures, risks and double-crosses . The man is charming , and so is the young boy spy . Filmed on luxurious sets their tale is by turns an exciting intrigue and a love story . He acts as a playboy , this results to be his cover while he is busy investigating , foiling revolutionary holdout and bedding local beauties. He is he smart spy , or is he an imbecile ? He fights well but he's supremely smug and self-confident, even as he's deaf to cultural nuance and others' feelings , so the odds are even that he might survive .
A spoof on James Bond about OSS operative stunningly performed by Jean Dujardin. Comedy spy-thriller with Jean Dujardin as inept secret agent versus nasty high-ranking African Presidents and arms smugglers. Amusing moments along with embarrassing in this third entry about secret agent OSS 117 with a likable Jean Dujardin, role of the accidental spy who doesn't know fear or danger in this comedy spy-thriller In this entertaining adventure , the most unlikely intelligence officer in French Secret Service must stop a group of international conspirators , quelling a fundamentalist rebellion and deal with an intrigue about weapon smuggling. Hubert Bonisseur, a French secret agent who dreams of rising beyond his menial job within the OSS organization, after all the other agents are bumped off is hired to discover a mysterious ring of rebels and gunrunners. With one shot at redemption, he must employ all kind of means to unravel a web of conspiracy that runs throughout an ambitious plot . Hubert must use every trick in his play-book to achieve his objectives . For Hugo Bonisseur, disaster may be an option, but failure never is. No secret agent has probably had more literary commissions than Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117. Its creator, Jean Bruce, wrote 88 novels at the time of his death, and his wife Josette wrote 143 further. When he retired, her daughter Martine and her husband François wrote another 23 books. Around 250 works between 1949 and 1992 is quite remarkable. The Agent also appeared early in cinema, with eight film adaptations appearing between 1956 and 1971. In this country, however, the name is more likely to be associated with the two OSS 117: The Spy Who Loved Himself films. (2006) and OSS 117: Himself is Enough (2009). However, unlike the originals or early adaptations, these were comedies that poked fun at the original spy stories and the like. This third entry goes on in similar style the previous ones, of course, the protagonist is aging, but that fits well with the concept. Even with the first films, he overestimated himself greatly, he didn't want to admit that he wasn't as good as he liked to see himself. If his strength is slowly declining during his last adventure, if he can no longer keep up, especially in physical activities, then this does not fit his self-image. A big part of the story is about how he confronts this discrepancy again and again. This is especially true in the scenes with his younger partner, Serge. Because he quickly realizes how little substance the inflated hero ultimately has about him.
This installment is an acceptable comedy though the formula is well known with 'The Pink Panther' series and recently with 'Johnnny English' by Rowan Atkinson . It stars clumsy Jean Dujardin as one man show accompanied by two gorgeous women, Natacha Lindinger and Fatou N'Diaye. The movie gets entertaining and hilarious moments here and there. This slapstick picture contains amusing , funny scenes , fresh and diverting moments but also flaws and gaps . Jean Dujardin steals the show parodying the ordinary international secret agent, James Bond-alike , including his ordinary faces , grimaces and gestures ; he plays stunningly the highly unorthodox agent, the inept and bungler secret agent from OSS .The actors seem to enjoy themselves immensely giving funny interpretations . Packing lively and atmospheric music by Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen and director Nicolas Bedos himself, as well as colorful cinematography by Laurent Tangy . Other films about this famous spy are the followings : "O. S. S. 117 Is Not Dead" with Ivan Desny ; "Panic en Bangkok" with Kerwin Mathews ; "OSS 117: Mission for a Killer" with Frederick Stafford ; "OSS 117 Double Agent" played by John Gavin and "Vendetta of espies" performed by Luc Merenda .
The Jean Dujardin trilogy is formed by: ¨OSS117, Cairo, nest of spies¨, the film was well penned and directed by Michel Hazanavicius that maintains the slapstick franchise; it's 1955 by time of dictator Nasser and the secret agent Hubert Bonisseur De la Bath, a.k.a. OSS 117 is ordered a dangerous investigation in Cairo , there he has to take his place at the head of a poultry firm . Hazanavicious also directed in similar style to the original film a sequel titled ¨OSS 117 Lost in Rio¨ with Jean Dujardin , Rudiger Vogler and Louise Monot . Director and actors , Dujardin and Berenice Bejo , will repeat in the successful and recent ¨The artist¨ including Golden Globes and Oscars . This also applies to this third part: ¨OSS 117: Greetings from Africa¨by Nicolas Bedos, which was surprisingly released twelve years later, but not much has changed. The flick will appeal to comedy buffs and Jean Dujardin fans . Rating: 5.5/10.
A spoof on James Bond about OSS operative stunningly performed by Jean Dujardin. Comedy spy-thriller with Jean Dujardin as inept secret agent versus nasty high-ranking African Presidents and arms smugglers. Amusing moments along with embarrassing in this third entry about secret agent OSS 117 with a likable Jean Dujardin, role of the accidental spy who doesn't know fear or danger in this comedy spy-thriller In this entertaining adventure , the most unlikely intelligence officer in French Secret Service must stop a group of international conspirators , quelling a fundamentalist rebellion and deal with an intrigue about weapon smuggling. Hubert Bonisseur, a French secret agent who dreams of rising beyond his menial job within the OSS organization, after all the other agents are bumped off is hired to discover a mysterious ring of rebels and gunrunners. With one shot at redemption, he must employ all kind of means to unravel a web of conspiracy that runs throughout an ambitious plot . Hubert must use every trick in his play-book to achieve his objectives . For Hugo Bonisseur, disaster may be an option, but failure never is. No secret agent has probably had more literary commissions than Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117. Its creator, Jean Bruce, wrote 88 novels at the time of his death, and his wife Josette wrote 143 further. When he retired, her daughter Martine and her husband François wrote another 23 books. Around 250 works between 1949 and 1992 is quite remarkable. The Agent also appeared early in cinema, with eight film adaptations appearing between 1956 and 1971. In this country, however, the name is more likely to be associated with the two OSS 117: The Spy Who Loved Himself films. (2006) and OSS 117: Himself is Enough (2009). However, unlike the originals or early adaptations, these were comedies that poked fun at the original spy stories and the like. This third entry goes on in similar style the previous ones, of course, the protagonist is aging, but that fits well with the concept. Even with the first films, he overestimated himself greatly, he didn't want to admit that he wasn't as good as he liked to see himself. If his strength is slowly declining during his last adventure, if he can no longer keep up, especially in physical activities, then this does not fit his self-image. A big part of the story is about how he confronts this discrepancy again and again. This is especially true in the scenes with his younger partner, Serge. Because he quickly realizes how little substance the inflated hero ultimately has about him.
This installment is an acceptable comedy though the formula is well known with 'The Pink Panther' series and recently with 'Johnnny English' by Rowan Atkinson . It stars clumsy Jean Dujardin as one man show accompanied by two gorgeous women, Natacha Lindinger and Fatou N'Diaye. The movie gets entertaining and hilarious moments here and there. This slapstick picture contains amusing , funny scenes , fresh and diverting moments but also flaws and gaps . Jean Dujardin steals the show parodying the ordinary international secret agent, James Bond-alike , including his ordinary faces , grimaces and gestures ; he plays stunningly the highly unorthodox agent, the inept and bungler secret agent from OSS .The actors seem to enjoy themselves immensely giving funny interpretations . Packing lively and atmospheric music by Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen and director Nicolas Bedos himself, as well as colorful cinematography by Laurent Tangy . Other films about this famous spy are the followings : "O. S. S. 117 Is Not Dead" with Ivan Desny ; "Panic en Bangkok" with Kerwin Mathews ; "OSS 117: Mission for a Killer" with Frederick Stafford ; "OSS 117 Double Agent" played by John Gavin and "Vendetta of espies" performed by Luc Merenda .
The Jean Dujardin trilogy is formed by: ¨OSS117, Cairo, nest of spies¨, the film was well penned and directed by Michel Hazanavicius that maintains the slapstick franchise; it's 1955 by time of dictator Nasser and the secret agent Hubert Bonisseur De la Bath, a.k.a. OSS 117 is ordered a dangerous investigation in Cairo , there he has to take his place at the head of a poultry firm . Hazanavicious also directed in similar style to the original film a sequel titled ¨OSS 117 Lost in Rio¨ with Jean Dujardin , Rudiger Vogler and Louise Monot . Director and actors , Dujardin and Berenice Bejo , will repeat in the successful and recent ¨The artist¨ including Golden Globes and Oscars . This also applies to this third part: ¨OSS 117: Greetings from Africa¨by Nicolas Bedos, which was surprisingly released twelve years later, but not much has changed. The flick will appeal to comedy buffs and Jean Dujardin fans . Rating: 5.5/10.