Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)

Director:

Kevin Allen

Writers (WGA):

Jeffrey Jurgensen (characters)
Harald Zwart (story) ...

Release Date:

12 March 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family | Mystery | Romance

Tagline:

Adventure is an attitude.

Plot:

With all-new gadgets, high-flying action, exciting chases and a wisecracking new handler, Derek (Anthony Anderson), Cody has to retrieve the device before the world's leaders fall under the evil control of a diabolical villain.

Plot Keywords:

Mind Control | Gadget | Spying | Boarding School | CIA

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 23	7:00 PM	TOON
Tue. Nov. 24	5:00 PM	TOON

Cast

Frankie Muniz	...	Cody Banks
Anthony Anderson	...	Derek Bowman
Hannah Spearritt	...	Emily Sommers
Cynthia Stevenson	...	Mrs. Banks
Daniel Roebuck	...	Mr. Banks
Anna Chancellor	...	Lady Josephine Kenworth
Keith Allen	...	Victor Diaz
James Faulkner	...	Lord Duncan Kenworth
David Kelly	...	Trival
Santiago Segura	...	Santiago
Connor Widdows	...	Alex Banks
Keith David	...	CIA Director
Rod Silvers	...	Kumar
Jack Stanley	...	Ryan
Joshua Brody	...	Bender

Also Known As:

Agent Cody Banks 2 (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for action violence and some crude humor.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:U | South Korea:12 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:10 | Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) | Germany:6 | Iceland:LH | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #39990)

Filming Locations:

Canary Wharf Underground Station, Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs, London, England, UK

Company:

Dylan Sellers Productions

Trivia:

There are 15 credited producers on the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the scene when Cody tells the music prodigies that they are secret agents, Cody stands Berkhamp on his head. You clearly see that while he is on his head his suit coat is on correctly, but in the next shot when he is falling to the floor, it is on backwards.

Quotes:

Cody Banks: We've got company.

Movie Connections:

Features "Two Fat Ladies" (1997)

Soundtrack:

String Quartet No. 1 Movement I Allegro Giocoso

Just plain fun.

Frankie Muniz really does look 16 at almost-19! He and Anthony Anderson, who plays his CIA "handler" in this sequel, were obviously having fun making this campy tongue-in-cheek secret agent "thriller." This is a very simple movie -- there are no sub-plots, no complicated characters, no psychological complexities -- and I couldn't help but enjoy it. If you're willing, for a moment or two, to accept that a 16-y/o boy in the middle of an immense plush bed would tell a very attractive girl who comes to visit him in the morning to just leave him alone and go away, then you can enjoy it too! The silliness extends from the opening scene of a CIA "summer camp" for pint-size agents-in-training to Cody discovering that Scotland Yard has a junior agent program of their own. With all that, or perhaps in spite of all that, there's something so unassuming about Frankie Muniz that you WANT to join him in his far-fetched world. Even as a child actor he was never especially "pretty" in the way that so many of them are, so he really must have had, and continues to have, some talent. I hope he can carry the same relaxed aplomb into a successful adult career.