Mike Myers is back for a third installment of his hilarious spy spoof franchise in Austin Powers in Goldmember. He continues to wow and amuse audiences with his multiple roles, playing Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, Fat Bastard, and Goldmember, the new villain in the film. You'll see some familiar faces, Michael York, Seth Green, Robert Wagner, Mindy Serling, and Verne Troyer, but in this third movie—which doesn't necessarily have to be watched in order, but it does help—you'll most likely roar with laughter because of the new faces added to the cast.Firstly, and let's face it, most importantly, Michael Caine is in the movie. Since Mike Myers had previously revealed part of the inspiration behind his Austin Powers movies was Michael Caine's Harry Palmer character, it's pretty adorable and fitting that Michael Caine was recruited to play Austin Powers's father! And, as a very sweet touch, since Myers's glasses were made to be a replica of Caine's, Caine found his original frames from the 1960s and wore them for the film! Michael Caine is everything you'd expect Austin Powers's dad to be, and pretty much everything out of his mouth is completely hilarious. I'm sure you'll gain some household phrases from this movie, whether it's "If you have an issue, here's a tissue" or "There are two things in this world I hate: people who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch" or his joke about Viagra.Next up is the hysterical opening to the film: At first you think you're just watching Austin Powers in a car chase sequence, but he gets out of the car and it's actually Tom Cruise! Turns out, Steven Spielberg is making a movie about Austin Powers, starring Tom Cruise, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and John Travolta. Add in cameos by Britney Spears, Quincy Jones, Katie Couric, the Osbourne family, Burt Bacharach, Rob Lowe, Clint Howard, and Nathan Lane—in one of the funniest gags of the movie—and you'll be on your toes for the entire film, wondering who's going to pop up next.Beyoncé makes her film debut in the movie, and while it's painfully clear she has zero acting ability, if you'd like you can cut her a little slack since she was only twenty years old. Still, her lack of confidence and talent in front of the camera doesn't really detract from the rest of the film. It's extremely funny, and full of phrases you'll find yourself repeating for decades to come.

It's easy to forget that the first time the world was introduced to Mike Myers' wonky-toothed and bespectacled British superspy back in 1997 with Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, precious few people went to see it. The film eventually gathered a huge following when it was released on VHS, and the formula was recycled again for the smash-hit sequel, The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999). The character and his arch-nemesis Dr. Evil are now so ingrained in popular culture that it's quite bizarre to think that you could once shout "oh, behave!" or "yeah, baby!" at a friend to receive a look of utter bewilderment in return.The franchise proved so popular that its two sequels repeated the same gags and failed to really move the story on. Despite this obvious flaw, The Spy Who Shagged Me and the (as of 2016) final instalment Goldmember still managed to generate enough belly laughs to give them a pass, often relying on the irresistible comedic charm of its star Mike Myers. However, it was clear that the series was running out of steam by the time number 3 came around, as Goldmember remains the least funny of the trilogy, introducing a forgettable baddie in the form of the titular gold-obsessed, skin-munching Dutch supervillain, also played by Myers.Yet the film kicks off with the greatest gag of all the movies. Just as we think we're watching an over-the-top set-piece from one of Austin's missions, its soon revealed to be a movie within a movie, with Tom Cruise wearing the spectacles and Kevin Spacey as Dr. Evil. We are then treated to the expectedly ridiculous, but entirely endearing, opening dance sequence, this time involving Britney Spears. Its a level of hilarity that the remainder of the movie sadly fails to maintain. For the first time we get to meet Austin's father in the form of Michael Caine, and Beyonce Knowles donning an impressive afro and plenty of sass as Foxxy Cleopatra, in a loving tribute to blaxploitation.The bulk of the movie consists of the characters being restrained by their own eccentricities, which after two previous movies starts to stretch the humour a bit thin. Like Fat Bastard from the second entry, Goldmember is a one-joke character when the joke isn't that funny to begin with. His innuendos and disgusting habit repulse to the point of being simply unpleasant. Its at its best when it sticks to what made the franchise so lovable to begin with - the Bond pastiches. There's a ludicrous masterplan in there somewhere and the scenes in which Austin and Evil go face-to-face are as priceless as ever, but when Myers tries to insert some dramatic weight to the mix involving Austin's daddy issues the movie starts to drag. By the end, its clear that he picked the right time to wave goodbye to his most successful character (although he hasn't had much luck since).

Mike Meyer's three Austin Powers flicks parody James Bond and the swinging 60s-70s. They are as follows: "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" (1997), "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" (1999) and "Austin Powers in Goldmember" (2002). What's interesting about these films is that Austin Powers (the character) is not a full spoof of 007 as he's his own character, just with Bond-like qualities.Anyway, I wasn't sure I wanted to review any these flicks because, by doing so, I'm admitting that I actually watched them (lol)! I say this because they're so goofy, juvenile, silly, sometimes raunchy (more verbally than pictorially) and filled with toilet humor. So I was never a fan and didn't even watch any of them until 2009. What turned me off? Besides the toilet humor and raunch, Powers (the character) seemed to have a gayish quality despite being a renowned ladies man in the stories. A good example is when he says, "Oh, beHAAAve," which never struck me as funny, just gay.I've since seen all three twice and, despite my reservations about Powers and distaste for toilet humor, I do enjoy the zaniness and stoo-pid humor. If you can catch a grip with these films they're laugh-out-loud funny about a third of the time, sometimes more depending on the movie."Goldmember" is my second favorite of the trilogy behind "The Spy Who Shagged Me." It has the best opening, by far, with unexpected cameos and the first half is often laugh-out-loud funny. If it kept up the laughs it would've taken first prize, but the second half loses its mojo, while still being likable and amusing. Beyoncé takes the place of Heather Graham as Austin's babe while Fred Savage plays Number Three and Michael Caine appears in a pretty significant role.Best quote: "Riiiiiiigggghhhttt." The film runs 94 minutes and was shot in Southern California; Reno, Nevada; Moab, Utah; and England.GRADE: B

Beyonce was a terrible choice as a "Power's Girl" and it kind of ruined the entire movie for me. She's really not that pleasant to look at, not to mention her acting was very obnoxious. I think the movie would have been gold (super corny pun intended) if they had cast just about anybody else to play the part of Foxxy Cleopatra. Everything else about the movie was great just every time she spoke I wanted to stab my eardrums until I became deaf and every time she came on screen I wanted to put my steel toe boot through the TV. Now for the spacer because apparently this retarded excuse for a movie website doesn't think I can get my opinion of this film across in less than 10 lines. Strange, isn't it? Well that puts me up to the limit. It's been real. Thanks for reading.