Film Review – My Spy

30 years ago, there was “Kindergarten Cop.” The Ivan Reitman comedy presented a muscular star in Arnold Schwarzenegger in a picture that was sold as a family comedy, but was actually a hard-edged PG-13 thriller with some stretches of cuddly silliness and romantic tingles. Parents at the time weren’t pleased with the marketing switcheroo, and they probably won’t be delighted with “My Spy,” which also provides PG-13 surges of violence and language while trying to widen beefy star Dave Bautista’s screen appeal. The new release is very reminiscent of the 1990 hit, with the exception of entertainment value. Watching Schwarzenegger deal with little kids while blasting away at bad guys is one thing, seeing Bautista’s natural stiffness mingling with jokes and googly eyes is another, with the whole thing overseen by the director of “Second Act.” This is not progress. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com