Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery - Sanitized

Somehow, you can always tell a movie that was made in 1967 apart from any other year, I'm not sure what it is, but if it isn't Peter Sellers' presence, it's usually the adolescent "we're walking right up the line of an R-rating but not quite crossing it." Or just all the paisley shit everywhere.

Either way, this 30-years-later homage to the British films from the Summer of Love gets a much-needed dialling back of the childish toilet humour, and as someone who finds Mike Myers occasionally funny but not enough to watch him piss for the better part of five minutes, or fart in a hot tub for (seemingly) even longer, this edit is a gift. My partner who loves Austin Powers more than me, and hates fart jokes more than me, wished me to pass along my high marks as well. Thanks, Frink.

A simple edit. This doesn't tread any new ground or try to reinvent the story. It just does as promised: takes out the worst of the toilet humor letting the rest of the comedy shine through even more. Yeah, baby!

I watched the HD MKV. Picture quality was excellent. I also heard the echoey sounds in Dr. Evil’s lair and they bugged me (knocking points on A/V Quality). Editing was as smooth as Dougie’s bald head. The cuts worked well, awesome funny movie is still funny as hell.

A/V Quality - 8
Editing - 10
Narrative - 9
Enjoyment - 9 (original 10)

Recommended drink: Cosmo

(NOTE: Supposedly the editor has fixed the echo issues but I haven’t downloaded the V2 yet. If I ever check it out I’ll change the rating.)

This is a very interesting experiment done by Frink. Taking the hilarious AUSTIN POWERS INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY, remove what some consider to be "potty" or too over the top humor, and see what you have left?

Well I am happy to report you still have a very funny movie. I believe this is a true testament to the genius writing and performance of Mike Myers. His work often get dismissed as silly and juvenile, but I think this edit proves how clever and witty he really is.

But I must admit, I missed the potty humor. I think it is well done in these movies and takes it to another level of hilarity. And there were a couple scenes where the pacing/timing felt off to me because of the cut humor such as the bathroom toilet scene with Tom Arnold.

The video and audio was excellent and the cuts were well executed.

So a very good fan edit, I was well entertained but I still prefer the original.

Thumbs Up.