Review: ‘Get Smart’s Bruce & Lloyd Out of Control’ on DVD

Warner Brothers is attempting to maximize the early success of their blockbuster “Get Smart” releasing a DVD follow-up 10 days later! Get Smart’s Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control may have been better title “Out of Material” I like Masi Oka (Heroes), but Bruce and Lloyd (Nate Torrence) are interesting enough to carry a film. That is why there are “supporting” actors in a film.

Out of Control is the back story of Control Headquarters and what was going on while Max and 99 were busy in Get Smart. Our dynamic duo are racing against the CIA and a South American dictator to recover an invisibility cloak ( I didn’t know Harry potter let them borrow it) they lost. Having all the agents on assignment Bruce and Lloyd are sent into the field to save the day. Larry Miller is back in a dual role as the head of the CIA and his twin brother the under chief of CONTROL. Terry Crews is back as Agent 91 and thankfully Anne Hathaway makes a cameo as 99 to remind the viewer that this is a Get Smart spin-off. The major flaw, that would have made this tolerable… MORE HYMIE! Patrick Warburton is in the film for 7 minutes… BIG MISTAKE!

Putting this DVD out so soon after topping the box office with the hit comedy “Get Smart”, Warner Brothers is just Greedy and shows a complete lack of respect for fans of your films. Aside from this being a complete waste of time it will be a deterrent to the film you have out at the theaters not to mention a major slap in the face for every actor in the film. I can’t believe after making it through the movie ..I watched the bonus features (a confessional with the cast and an explanation of the gizmos Bruce & Lloyd invented) and they were better than the film. There are many DVD’s out this week..pas this by and pick something else!

Rated :PG13 (for pure garbage 13 mins in)
Running Time: 71 very long mins.