Agent Cody Banks
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| Directed by | Harald Zwart |
| Produced by | David C. Glasser Andreas Klein Guy Oseary David Nicksay Dylan Sellers |
| Written by | Ashley Miller & Zack Stentz Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski Jeffrey Jurgensen (story) |
| Starring | Frankie Muniz Hilary Duff Angie Harmon |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) | March 14, 2003 (USA) |
| Running time | 102 minutes |
| Language | English |
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Agent Cody Banks is a movie released in the U.S. on March 14, 2003 that follows the adventures of 15-year-old Cody Banks (played by Frankie Muniz) who has to finish his chores, avoid getting grounded, and save the world by going undercover for the CIA. Hilary Duff (Natalie Connors), Angie Harmon (Ronica Miles), Keith David (CIA Director), Ian McShane (Brinkman), and Arnold Vosloo (Molay) are the co-stars. The film is directed by the Norwegian director Harald Zwart, known from such films as One Night at McCool's and Hamilton.
Of note, this film was the first major motion picture project for Duff apart from the film spinoff of her Lizzie McGuire TV series. The same can be said for Harmon, who had just come off a three-year stint as Assistant D.A. Abbie Carmichael on NBC's Law & Order.
The film is also interesting in that it showcases such cutting-edge vehicles as the Segway and SoloTrek XFV.
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[edit] Summary
Cody Banks is a 15-year-old boy who applies for a junior position for the CIA. Under the disguise of summer camp, children are trained to be agents. Cody is called upon a mission to find information about a scientist named Dr. Connors who ends up working for ERIS led by an evil mastermind named Brinkman and his henchmen Francis Maloy. Cody does this by going to his daughter, Natalie Connors' (Hilary Duff), school. Cody accepts but soon finds he has no social skill with girls and has no time to do this while balancing his chores and homework. The CIA decides to help by doing his chores and homework, trying to build his status, and going into the school to set him up with Natalie. Natalie finally decides to invite Cody to her 16th birthday party, where he goes undercover to her father's lab. Cody finds that Brinkman is planning to use nanobots-which can destroy any carbon or silicon-based substance-to destroy the world's defense systems so he can threaten anyone who opposes him. Since the nanobots are inactive in the cold, he plans to use ice cubes to distribute them.
Cody soon falls in love and almost ruins the whole operation by telling Natalie everything causing the CIA to let him go. After finding out, Brinkman sends Francis and some men to kidnap Natalie and bring her into his base in the mountains. Cody is still fired from the mission because he got too close to the subject. His parents then ground him for coming home late. But Cody is set on rescuing Natalie. Cody asks his brother to make sure his parents don't find out that he is gone. Cody manages to sneak into the CIA weapons hold and steals a rocket powered snowboard and other devices. Cody then gets a ride to the top of the mountain and snowboards to the factory where Natalie is held. On the way, he gets caught in a grove of trees as CIA agent Ronica finds him using a SoloTrek XFV (see above). He convinces her that he needs to save Natalie and they go in. Cody manages to rescue Natalie but Ronica and Natalie are caught going out. Natalie is held hostage by Brinkman who threatens her father to program the nanobots to destroy the world or his daughter dies. Cody turns the tables by planting a time bomb. Startled, Ronica, Natalie and her father get away, and Connors and Ronica run to a chopper with the CIA agent piloting. Cody and Natalie, split from the others by the collapsing base, manage to barely escape and they fly home. Cody is given many awards and is reinstated into the CIA.
[edit] Trivia
- The main characters attend "William Donovan Preparatory School". William Joseph Donovan ran the World War II Office of Strategic Services, predecessor to the CIA.
- Hilary Duff and Frankie Muniz worked together in one episode of Lizzie McGuire
[edit] Sequel
A sequel, Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, was released the following year.
