
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
France, 2006 | 99 min. | Dir. Michel Hazanavicius | Rated NR
After saving the Allies' bacon in WWII, a strapping French superspy goes undercover in Cairo, a mission complicated by slumming Nazis, henchmen in fezzes, and ridiculously leggy dames. Oh, and an assassin who wields chickens. Bond spoofs may be old hat, but director Michel Hazanavicius generates such a rolling comedic momentum—and a few genuinely ace retro action sequences—that the thing feels like the first of its kind. OSS 117 is the rare spoof that actually improves as it goes, due in large part to the increasingly hilarious deadpan machismo of star Jean Dujardin. Even his goddamned teeth are funny.