Agent Cody Banks (2003)

Release date: 2003-03-14
Country: USA|Canada
Language: English
Director: Harald Zwart
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Splendid Pictures, Maverick Films
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Romance, Thriller
Rating: 5.0/10
Length: 1h 42min

Storyline

A government agent trains a typical teenager Cody Banks who loves to skateboard, hates math, and feels like a complete idiot around girls, in the ways of covert operations that require younger participants. But Cody's got a secret--he's actually part of a secret teen CIA program. Cody's living every boy's dream life--he can drive like a stunt man, has an incredible arsenal of cool gadgets, and his agency mentor, Ronica Miles, is totally hot. But Cody's training is put to the test when he's sent to pose as a prep school student and befriend fellow teen Natalie Connors in order to gain access to her father--a scientist unknowingly developing a fleet of deadly pair of twisted villains called the nanobots for the evil organization ERIS, which can destroy any carbon or silicon-based substance-to destroy the world's defense systems so he can threaten anyone who opposes him. From runaway cars and high-speed snowboard chases to a spectacular final mountaintop showdown, Cody has to use ...

Plot Keywords

spy, teenage boy, teenage protagonist, one man army, one against many, cia, cia agent, summer camp, seattle washington, helicopter, blonde, actress, martial artist, undercover agent, villain arrested, running, falling off a ladder, nurse, bully, bully comeuppance

Short Review

Zwart pulls out enough stops in action sequences involving jet-propelled skateboards, stunt drives and mountain rescues to keep the ball rolling nicely.