Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)

User Rating:

4.1/10   

Director:

Kevin Allen

Writers (WGA):

Jeffrey Jurgensen (characters)
Harald Zwart (story) ...
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Release Date:

12 March 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Family | Adventure | Mystery

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

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
Sarah McNicholas	...	Marisa
Philip Pedersen	...	Bender's Mate
Paul Kaye	...	Neville Trubshaw
Harry Burton	...	Westminster Headmaster
Julian Firth	...	Isambard Jerkalot
Martyn Ellis	...	Welsh Security Guard
Damien Hirst	...	Arty Farty Security Guard
Mark Williams	...	Inspector Crescent
James Dreyfus	...	Gordon
Patti Love	...	Woman
Henry Miller	...	Moped Man
Masato Kamo	...	Japanese Tourist
Sam Douglas	...	US President
Alfie Allen	...	Berkhamp on Double Bass
Leilah Isaac	...	Sabeen on Bassoon
Keiron Nelson	...	Habu on French Horn
Theora Toumazi	...	Sonya on Violin
Keshini Sukhram	...	Violinist
Atim Laber	...	Cellist
Carly Minsky	...	Oboist
Chris Bodell	...	Brass Player
Javkhaa Chuluunbaatar	...	Harpsichordist
Sammy Razack	...	Percussion
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lewis Chase	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Ray Donn	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Tatyana Lavrentyeva	...	Ambassadors Russian Wife (uncredited)
John Perkins	...	Victim in Dentist Chair (uncredited)

Directed by
Kevin Allen

Writing credits (WGA)
Jeffrey Jurgensen		(characters)
Harald Zwart		(story) &
Dylan Sellers		(story) and
Don Rhymer		(story)
Don Rhymer		(screenplay)

Produced by
Jason Alexander	....	executive producer
Jennifer Birchfield-Eick	....	executive producer
Kerry David	....	executive producer
David Glasser	....	producer (as David C. Glasser)
Danny Gold	....	executive producer
Timothy J. Hamilton	....	creative producer: live production
Michael Jackman	....	executive producer
Andreas Klein	....	executive producer
Madonna	....	executive producer
Robert Meyer Burnett	....	co-producer
Mark Morgan	....	executive producer
David Nicksay	....	producer
Guy Oseary	....	producer
Dylan Sellers	....	producer
Bob Yari	....	producer

Original Music by
Mark Thomas

Cinematography by
Denis Crossan

Film Editing by
Andrew MacRitchie

Casting by
John Papsidera

Production Design by
Richard Holland

Art Direction by
Simon Bowles
Philip Elton
Jason Knox-Johnston
Peter Wenham		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Anita Dhillon
Sara Wan

Costume Design by
Steven Noble

Makeup Department
Karen Edwards	....	key hair assistant
Karen Edwards	....	key makeup assistant
Jo Jenkins	....	daily makeup assistant
Eileen Kastner-Delago	....	hair designer
Eileen Kastner-Delago	....	makeup designer
Kelly Marazzi	....	hair assistant
Kelly Marazzi	....	makeup assistant
Nora Robertson	....	hair stylist: Anthony Anderson
Nora Robertson	....	makeup artist: Anthony Anderson
Sarah Stevens	....	hair trainee
Sarah Stevens	....	makeup trainee
Michael Krehl	....	crowd makeup artist: London (uncredited)

Production Management
Nigel Gostelow	....	unit production manager
Chris Moore	....	unit manager
Michael Solinger	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Heidi Bishop	....	crowd assistant director
Victoria Connell	....	second second assistant director
David Daniels	....	first assistant director
Jim Dowdall	....	second unit director
Paul Hornsby	....	additional third assistant director
Barney Hughes	....	second second assistant director
Mark Layton	....	second assistant director
Kieron Phipps	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Alice Biddle	....	draughtsperson
Matthew Broderick	....	props
Stephen Campbell	....	stand-by art director
Shane Harford	....	dressing props
Frank Howe	....	drapes master
Douglas Ingram	....	storyboard artist
Dougie Lankston	....	property storeman
Mitch Niclas	....	chargehand stand-by propman
Sophie Phillips	....	assistant set decorator
Jackie Yau	....	art department assistant

Sound Department
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
Simon Brown	....	sound maintenance
John Cochrane	....	supervising sound editor
Clive Derbyshire	....	sound mixer
Nick Foley	....	adr recordist
Pauline Griffiths	....	foley artist
Nina Hartstone	....	supervising dialogue editor
John Hayward	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alex Hudd	....	sound consultant: dolby
Robert Ireland	....	supervising sound effects editor
Christian Joyce	....	sound recordist: second unit
Jenny Lee Wright	....	foley artist
Paul McFadden	....	adr editor
Chris Navarro	....	adr recordist
Richard Pryke	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robin Quinn	....	foley editor
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Jack Whittaker	....	sound effects editor
Andrew Caller	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Richard Conway	....	special effects director
Peter Haran	....	special effects technician
Craig Narramore	....	on set puppeteer
Craig Narramore	....	propmaker
Graham Riddell	....	special effects technician
Mark White	....	special effects technician
Nigel Wilkinson	....	special effects technician
Terry Palmer	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Oliver Atherton	....	scanning and recording
Richard Briscoe	....	visual effects supervisor
Frazer Churchill	....	visual effects supervisor
Mark Coleran	....	screen graphics artist
Ciaran Crowley	....	digital compositor
Sean Danischevsky	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Claudia Dehmel	....	visual effects coordinator: Double Negative
Pete Hanson	....	studio manager: Double Negative
Nic Hodgkinson	....	compositing artist
Jody Johnson	....	2D supervisor
Sarah Lockwood	....	digital compositor
John Moffatt	....	digital compositor
Paul Norris	....	digital compositor
Aleksandar Pejic	....	CG artist: Double Negative
Xavier Roig	....	visual effects: double negative
Matthew Shaw	....	digital compositor
Dominic Sidoli	....	visual effects producer: Double Negative
Jim Steel	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Liam Tully	....	studio: Double Negative
Ivan Mena	....	digital artist: Double Negative (uncredited)

Stunts
Nicola Berwick	....	stunt double: Hannah Spearitt
Nicola Berwick	....	stunts
Richard Bradshaw	....	stunts
Nicholas Daines	....	stunt double: Frankie Muniz
Nicholas Daines	....	stunts
Jim Dowdall	....	stunt coordinator
Dave Fisher	....	stunts
Joss Gower	....	stunts
Gary Hoptrough	....	stunts
Gaston Howard	....	motorcycle stunt double: Anthony Anderson
Charles Jarman	....	stunt double: Anthony Anderson
Charles Jarman	....	stunts
Paul Lowe	....	stunts (as Paul Vincent Lowe)
Andreas Petrides	....	stunts
John Street	....	stunts
Pascoe Ward	....	stunts
Steen Young	....	stunts
Paul Hornsby	....	stunt performer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Batten	....	focus puller
Jeremy Braben	....	aerial director of photography
Ian Coffey	....	focus puller: second camera
Daniel Edwards	....	assistant camera
Stephen Fell	....	rigger
Graham Hall	....	camera operator
Harvey Harrison	....	director of photography: second unit
Tony Jackson	....	Steadicam operator
Demetri Jagger	....	video technician
Brad Larner	....	focus puller: second unit
Joanne Lee	....	clapper loader: second unit
Jay Maidment	....	still photographer
Pat Miller	....	gaffer: second unit
Ben Perry	....	assistant camera
Rob Southam	....	camera operator
Anthony Stanier	....	first assistant camera
Alan Stewart	....	additional cinematographer: second unit
Alan Stewart	....	director of photography: second unit
Gavin Walters	....	best boy
Lee Walters	....	gaffer
Zoe Whittaker	....	video assist operator
James 'Slim Jim' Ballard	....	key grip (uncredited)
Wadsworth Peters	....	electrician (uncredited)
Albert Winbush III	....	electrician (uncredited)

Animation Department
Kevan Shorey	....	animator: Double Negative

Casting Department
Vanessa Baker	....	adr voice casting
Brendan Donnison	....	adr voice casting
Daniel Hubbard	....	casting: UK
Tamara Notcutt	....	casting assistant: UK

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Alison Beard	....	costume trainee
Liza Bracey	....	assistant costume designer
Nigel Hyams	....	costume assistant: dailies

Editorial Department
Paul Apted	....	assistant editor
Tom Harrison-Read	....	assistant editor
Kevin Holt	....	first assistant editor
Sarah Townrow	....	trainee assistant editor
Andrew Walton	....	assistant editor
Samantha Welland	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
James Collins	....	music scoring mixer
Dominic Gibbs	....	music editor
Julianne Jordan	....	music supervisor (as Julianne Kelley)
Bradley Miles	....	music preparation

Transportation Department
Guy Bostock	....	action vehicle coordinator
Ian Clarke	....	vehicle technician
Sean Thornton	....	picture vehicle technician
Mark Tyack	....	transportation captain

Other crew
John Adams	....	special military background
Philip Ball	....	stand-in
Paul Bennett	....	set production assistant
Samantha Black	....	assistant production coordinator
Sam Breckman	....	location manager
Julie Brown	....	script supervisor: second unit
Sue Clegg	....	script supervisor
William Conacher	....	dialect coach
Matt Curtis	....	title designer
Kathryn Donovan	....	unit publicist
Kenny Gabriel	....	personal trainer: Frankie Muniz
Bianca Gavin	....	assistant to producer
Andrew Haddock	....	video coordinator
Chris Hogenson	....	assistant: Dylan Sellers
Christopher Hutchins	....	assistant: director
Bridget Kenningham	....	location scout
Frankie Malhotra	....	production assistant
James McLaren	....	production assistant
Jorge L. Menna	....	runner
Omelihu Nwanguma	....	assistant: Anthony Anderson
Andreas Petrides	....	fight arranger
Maggie Phelan	....	financial controller
Marco Ruffatti	....	production assistant
Mark Schofield	....	assistant: Frankie Muniz
Emma Short	....	assistant accountant
Emily Stewart	....	assistant: David Nicksay
Adam Teeuw	....	office runner
Sarah Trowse	....	production accountant
Mari Tyson	....	assistant: Kevin Allen
Suzie F. Wiesmann	....	production coordinator
Marc Wolff	....	helicopter coordinator
Darren Helman	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Dylan Sellers Productions
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents) (as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
• Splendid Pictures
• Madacy Entertainment
• Maverick Films (in association with)

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM) (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD) (VHS)
• 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Gemini Film (2004) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Hispano Foxfilms S.A.E. (2004) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Lighthouse Pictures (2004) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2004) (Argentina) (all media)
• Gativideo (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• My Network TV (2008) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• RTL Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (TV) (broadcast premiere) (RTL7)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Double Negative (visual effects)
• Cine Image Film Opticals (digital main and end titles)

Other Companies

• Hyperactive Broadcast  editing equipment
• 2020 Casting  extras casting
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Compuhire  computer and video playback
• Cutting Edge  negative cutting
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by
• Lee Lighting  lighting
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• SA19  extras casting
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services
• Universal Combat Limited  military casting (uncredited)

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:

Kevin Allen wanted to direct the film to prove that he could make a popcorn movie as well as the indie fare he's more associated with.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: During the chase through the city between Banks and Diaz, the camera and dolly are visible for a split second as we pan past a glass building.

Quotes:

Cody Banks: [after a drill] Sorry about the head kick Frank.
Frank: No problem.
Diaz: Sorry, sorry, you don't apologize to your enemies.
Cody Banks: But Frank is my friend.
Diaz: Friends, enemies, they're all the same, trust equals death, now you go write that on your lunch box.
Cody Banks: Sir, you dropped you baseball.
[throws it to him]
Diaz: Remember kid, trust no one, including me.

Movie Connections:

Features "Two Fat Ladies" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Fall Back Down

Cody Loses His Mind

The year before our teenage CIA agent was dealing with nanobots that eat carbon and silicon. In Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, Frankie Muniz is on assignment in the British capital to chase down a defecting agent and the mind control device he's been developing. The defector by the way is Keith Allen who ran the summer camp where the CIA trained its young agents and that the parents of same know nothing about its real purpose.

One thing unchanged from the first film, parents Daniel Roebuck and Cynthia Stevenson are as clueless as ever and apparently as clueless as the rest of the adult parent population who send their kids there. That business makes the film hard to swallow if you're over the age of 18.

Instead of shapely Angie Harmon as Frankie's handler, he gets Anthony Anderson instead. They get to stay in an English castle where they believe a scientist collaborator, James Faulkner is working on the device. Muniz is part of a visiting teen orchestra, an international grouping of kids bringing something new to the classics as you see. As for Anderson, he goes in as a cook and he introduces the British aristocracy to soul food and they actually like it.

As Frankie Muniz was growing up and he did considerably between the first Cody Banks film and this one I'm guessing either he and his producers or both arrived at a decision that to keep this series going would be ludicrous. He was 19 then and still playing a high school kid. After this he couldn't have carried it off.

As I said about the first film, all right for adolescents, adults would have a hard time swallowing all of this.