Agente Speciale 117 al Servizio della Repubblica - Missione Cairo

A Dashing Agent in Egypt

The hero of “OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies” might be described as a French equivalent of James Bond. Or even a precursor, since the first novel in which he appears predates Ian Fleming’s “Casino Royale” by a few years. But the template is basically the same: a dashing agent seducing, scheming and shooting his way through cold war trouble spots in the service of a fading imperial power.
But this film, directed Michel Hazanavicius and starring Jean Dujardin as Agent 117 (also known as Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath), departs from the Bond model by pointedly spoofing its hero and his worldview. [...]

di A. O. Scott, articolo completo (1693 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 9 Maggio 2008