Review of Spies in Disguise (2019) by Ratedeotective — 13 Jul 2021

In the beginning Walter's mom dies. They don't tell us how, why nor did they show character development between Walther & his mom. Walters moms death is a motivation to Walther & is referenced by other characters in the movie. But, to us as the watchers; when its brought up we don't care due to lack of character development. In the film its said that Walther graduated MIT when he was 15. So, how did Walther become so smart? What motivated him to build things as a kid(even before his moms death)? How was he so advanced at building & generally being smart at such a young age? This is also unanswered by this film.

That's just me being picky but, there is other big faults in this movie. Like for one: Why is Lance so respected like, how did he build his status? Why is he so good at being a spy; seems like he's the only spy there who gets gadgets made for them specially & the only one who goes on solo covert ops. Also, What keeps him motivated as a spy besides the generic "I like saving people". Cause it seems like he rather has no family or doesn't care about his family. Lance only cares about the agency so, there must be something motivating him to care for it so much. What kind of connections does Lance have to Killian(Main villian of this film).

Lance said "I'm sorry what happened in Krpytistan"(I forgot how to spell it but, the film doesn't care so why should I) this meaning he was involved but, they don't tell us nor show us anything. Like, why was Lance & the agency over there? What did the agency do while they were there? How did & what did they do to Killian's friends that was so gruesome? Why was Killian so close to his partners? Guess we have to imagine. This is the biggest thing that was glanced over. Killian motives are because his partners died but, I'm not going to be sad because they didn't show any character devolvement between Killian & his buddies. This film is good for the family, very casual watchers, people who just want something to put them in a good mode. This film can be fun, it just has some pretty big faults. I was going to give this film a 5/10 but, since it has some fair jokes, tried something unique & wasn't a 100% bore fest. I think 6/10 is good enough for this film.