Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
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{{Infobox Film
| name = Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London | image = Agent Cody Banks 2 film.jpg | caption = | director = Kevin Allen | writer = Jeffrey Jurgensen,
Harald Zwart | starring = Frankie Muniz,
Anthony Anderson,
Hannah Spearritt | producer = David Glasser | distributor = MGM | budget = ~ US$26,000,000 | released = 12 March 2004 (USA) | runtime = 100 min | language = English | imdb_id = 0358349 | }}
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London is the sequel to the 2003 film Agent Cody Banks, and was released in the United States on March 12, 2004. Frankie Muniz was the only major returning star, with Hannah Spearritt now playing the love interest and Anthony Anderson as the sidekick. As the title suggests, the location had switched to London with Cody trying to recover a stolen software activating the government's mind control project.
The second film may be the last theatrical release for the fledging series. The US$23 million gross for the sequel was about half of the original, and Muniz has publicly stated that he will not do a third installment. An argument could be made that he is getting too old even if he wanted to do another: he was 18 (playing a fifteen-year-old) in the second film. (Not to be outdone, Spearritt was twenty-three playing a high schooler.)
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Plot
A rogue CIA agent has stolen a top secret mind-control device and Agent Cody Banks has to go undercover in London to get it back. Posing as a student at an elite boarding school registered in the summer music program for musical prodigys to get close to his suspects, Cody has to keep the other kids from discovering his true identity while infiltrating covert hideouts, spying on his sinister target -- and going to class. With new gadgets and a wisecracking new handler, Derek, Cody has to retrieve the device before the world's leaders fall under the evil control of a diabolical villain.
Gadgets
Destination London give a variety of new gadgets. They are given out in the secret area in the London Crypt.
- Mentos - The Mentos featured a "lick n' stick" activation sequence. Once stuck on, they produce a small explosion capable of disabling and destroying locks.
- The Travel Kit - A kit of travel essentials containing the following gadgets:
- Retainer - Works as a personal listening device with frequency, direction, and volume controlled by the tongue.
- Spy Pen - Switches around to become a grappling hook.
- Yo-yo - Splits in half and has enough strength to open elevator doors. Also includes a suction cup.
- Flashlight/Torch - Diaz's weapon. Extends to become a mobile rocket launcher with an optional crosshair
- Clarinet - The clarinet is rigged electronically to be able to play pieces of music. it is used so it would seem that Cody could play the clarinet as well as the other prodigies.
- Cody's Watch - The watch has a small color screen and a very small lens capable of recording a video with full sound playback, as well. Emily's sunglasses mimic the function with the information transferred to an mp3 player which is then plugged in to an external source such as a TV for playback.
Car
Derek and Kumar's car is an extremely hi-tech one, employing the disguise of a London taxi. Derek said he designed it himself.
- Gucci Interior
- Plasma flat screen TV
- DVD surround sound
- GPS (Global Positioning System)
- Wireless Ethernet
- Music system that is comparable to sound systems you may see in the Need for Speed racing series, or the Midnight Club series.
- "Agent Tracker" which seem to be able to show the layout of a building and show everyone in it, allowing agents to be tracked throughout the building
- Sliding drivers seat with full computer system
- M&M dish with miniature propeller
Quotes
- Derek: No wonder all the malls are empty. They got all you kids working undercover.
- Emily: You know what I hate about dentists? They always say something's not gonna hurt and it does. Me, I'm honest. Now this is gonna hurt.
Helicopter Pilot: I just love the smell of summer camp in the evening.
- Cody Banks: [talking about entrance to CIA storage facility underneath summer camp] What? That's impossible! Kids have been snooping around this place for years! Someone would've found the entrance by now!
- C.I.A. Director: That's why we put it... where no-one wants to spend too much time.
[goes into bathroom, which at summer camps, usually are of low-quality and "smell like something died in there"]