Spy (w/ Erin A.)

Episode 125: Spy (2015)

Theme: Patreon Choice Month
Hosts: Oz & Curtis (feat. Erin A — Curtis’s sister, Small Wonder–adjacent)

This week, Oz and Curtis welcome Patreon subscriber Erin A, who brings Spy — the Melissa McCarthy action-comedy that somehow manages to be Gross Point Blank × Crank × Bridesmaids × that George Lazenby Bond movie all rolled into one gloriously chaotic, profanity-laced fever dream. It’s espionage, it’s improv, it’s workplace flirting, it’s vermin-infested CIA basements — and it’s the only movie where Jason Statham delivers a monologue about ingesting 179 poisons.

The hosts (and Erin) break down:

• Melissa McCarthy as Susan Cooper — the “guy in the chair” turned elite field agent with Midwestern sweaters, deadly accuracy, and the world’s worst undercover aliases.
• Jason Statham doing a perfect parody of Jason Statham, complete with trench-coat malfunctions, tall tales, and Herculean incompetence.
• Rose Byrne as Raina Boyanov — villainess, wig enthusiast, couture assassin, and Olympic-level insulter.
• Jude Law as Bradley Fine — the allergy-prone Bond knockoff who sneezes his way into (and out of) missions.
• Nancy, Aldo, 50 Cent, kitchen fights, throat CGI, casino wig shade, and a running gag involving photos you absolutely cannot show teenage audiences.

Final Verdict:

Oz — 179 Intentionally Ingested Poisons
Curtis — A Bunch of Golden Guns
Erin — 50 Cent Piece

Next week: Patreon Choice Month wraps up with Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994) — meta-horror before Scream, trench-coat Freddy, earthquakes, prop claws, and Curtis’s “I saw this in theaters” story he’s been waiting three decades to tell.