When "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" came out in 1997 (and bombed badly) many critics noted that it was useless to spoof a franchise like James Bond that was already bordering on parody anyway. This adult version is therefore not so much a spoof but a remake of the original Austin Powers, with only slightly altered dialog, variations on the same jokes and substituting extreme closeups of overused genitalia for originality. In this version Austin is a big black man (Byron Long), which is ironic since Mike Myers has said he originally wanted to play Austin made up to be black (!). 'Dr. Pussy' is played by Dick Nicholson, who loses his German accent after the '1968 prologue' and from then on talks like... well, a wussy. Might have been fun to see either of these actors take on both parts, but alas.
Fresna, the Frau Farbissina of this dimension (actualy her daughter) is a lot hotter, until she takes off lab coat revealing lots of tattoos and piercing's obscuring her bosom. Disappointingly, we still never get to see Austin and Vanessa (Sterling, portrayed by one name wonder Vivianne) get their Mojo going together. Here she would rather fool around with bad guys Lotta and Utter Bullwang (who looks more like Matt Damon than Oddjobb). Austin has to settle for a nurse and one Swedish Fembot (or Super Vixen). Dr. Pussy's right hand man No 69 never gets any. They even copied the 'Pchychadelic scene breaks' (that Mike Myers and Jay North stole from Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in), only to use the same background in the next scene. Very sloppy.
Watching Austin Prowler merely reminds me how much fun the original 'International man of mystery' movie was, and how little of that was left in the sequels. Apparently the appropriately named writer/director Jim Powers felt the same way, for as far as I can tell there have been no second or third helping of Prowler.
6 out of 10
Fresna, the Frau Farbissina of this dimension (actualy her daughter) is a lot hotter, until she takes off lab coat revealing lots of tattoos and piercing's obscuring her bosom. Disappointingly, we still never get to see Austin and Vanessa (Sterling, portrayed by one name wonder Vivianne) get their Mojo going together. Here she would rather fool around with bad guys Lotta and Utter Bullwang (who looks more like Matt Damon than Oddjobb). Austin has to settle for a nurse and one Swedish Fembot (or Super Vixen). Dr. Pussy's right hand man No 69 never gets any. They even copied the 'Pchychadelic scene breaks' (that Mike Myers and Jay North stole from Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in), only to use the same background in the next scene. Very sloppy.
Watching Austin Prowler merely reminds me how much fun the original 'International man of mystery' movie was, and how little of that was left in the sequels. Apparently the appropriately named writer/director Jim Powers felt the same way, for as far as I can tell there have been no second or third helping of Prowler.
6 out of 10