Austin Powers: All 3 Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
TheAustin Powers movie trilogy was a pop culture phenomenon in the late 1990s/early 2000s but which of the outrageous spy comedies is the grooviest of all? Created by and starring Mike Myers, who plays multiple roles in the saga, including Austin Powers and his arch-nemesis Dr. Evil, all three Austin Powers movies were directed by Jay Roach and lovingly parody Myers' comic influences, including the 1960s James Bond films, the comedies of Peter Sellers, Benny Hill, and Dudley Moore, The Beatles, Burt Bacharach, and 1960s Swinging London.
Every Austin Powers movie centers on the titular and shamelessly promiscuous super-spy, who is transplanted from 1967 to 1997 when his enemy, Dr. Evil, cryogenically freezes himself to threaten the world of the future. With Myers playing both roles, the physical similarities between Austin and Dr. Evil paid off later on as the saga focused on their mutual origin. The Austin Powers films constantly utilize time travel as part of their gimmick (which the audience is urged not to think too hard about), and they also include an ever-growing cast of ancillary characters; appearing in every film are Mindy Kaling, Robert Wagner, and Seth Green as Dr. Evil's confidantes Frau Farbissima, Number Two, and Scott Evil, while Michael York plays Basil Exposition, Austin's supervisor at the British Ministry of Defense, in each film. Myers also followed the James Bond formula by casting a new love interest for Austin in every movie, just as each 007 film features a new Bond Girl.
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The original film, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, premiered in 1997 and was a modest box office success, grossing $67-million worldwide. But the unusual comedy found a
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