Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Metascore
32 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 25 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 25
  3. Negative: 11 out of 25
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Allison Benedikt
    38
    It's a movie, and certain liberties are bound to be taken, but having Derek stop a moped-driving Brit on the street by pulling out some sort of identification and yelling, "CIA, I need your moped!" is not the way.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Michael Rechtshaffen
    30
    In terms of inspiration or even the slightest shred of ingenuity, Banks ranks more like an 000 than an 007.
  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Scott Tobias
    30
    Opens with its snazziest effects sequences and gets cheaper from there, as if studio executives were constantly scaling back the budget as the filmmakers went along.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dave Kehr
    30
    Mr. Allen's work is compromised by an apparent inability to match his shots in a spatially coherent fashion. It's never easy to tell who is chasing whom and in which direction, a needless confusion that dampens many of the thrills and scuttles quite a few gags.
  5. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Hank Sartin
    30
    As hard as the film tries to pander, the kids at the preview screening seemed a bit disengaged.
  6. Premiere
    Reviewed by: Laine Ewen
    25
    While the canine is a scene stealer, the movie is a dog.
  7. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Liam Lacey
    25
    After 90 minutes of diligently searching the premises of ACB2, no evidence of mass entertainment can be found. Recommend cancellation of all future similar missions.
  8. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ethan Alter
    20
    Continuity errors are as numerous as product placements and though shot on location, the movie captures none of London's local color.
  9. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    20
    Everything about Agent Cody Banks 2 reeks of hurry-up and make this movie before its kid star Frankie Munoz loses his pubescent looks (it’s already borderline).
  10. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ben Kenigsberg
    20
    It's hard to despise a movie with the balls to posit that its Blair-look-alike PM has been brainwashed by a corrupt CIA operative, but Banks 2 is really pretty hateful.
  11. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    0
    Should have been stopped at customs -- as family entertainment, it constitutes child abuse.

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4.8 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 4 out of 9
  1. cameronmorewood
    0
    Stands as one of the worst family films ever made.
  2. MarkB.
    5
    If you liked the original, you'll probably like this one, yada yada yada. A few brief observations: the flood of product placements (excessive even for a 2004 major studio film!) is surpassed only by a surfeit of continuity flubs and self-contradictions. One example: the exploding Mentos (see what I mean about product placement?) that blow up when chewed; in one sequence, one of the good guys attempts to dilute their effect--BY CUTTING THEM UP??? I loved the little actress who played the Indian music student, and the wonderful, tremendously underrated comic actress Cynthia Stevenson, whose role as Cody's clueless mom is limited here to the first and last few minutes of the movie, illustrates once again that old saying about silk purses and sow's ears.… Full Review »
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