OSS 117: From Africa with Love

Original title: OSS 117: Alerte rouge en Afrique noire

2021
1h 57m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

6.1K

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Habib Dembélé, Jean Dujardin, Ivan Franek, Natacha Lindinger, Fatou N'Diaye, Wladimir Yordanoff, and Pierre Niney in OSS 117: From Africa with Love (2021)

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The third entry in secret agent OSS 117's parodic spy adventures.The third entry in secret agent OSS 117's parodic spy adventures.The third entry in secret agent OSS 117's parodic spy adventures.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

6.1K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Trivia
Director Michel Hazanavicius' original plan was to feature an aging and bald OSS 117, set the film in the 1970s and take inspiration from blaxploitation movies. Screenwriter Jean-François Halin refused to age the character, keeping him young as he was in the previous films, which would make the timeline of the series a floating one. The only plan to carry over from the original idea was to set the story in an African country. The movie now takes place in the 1980s.

Goofs
OSS 117 is going to the SDECE offices (French intelligence service in the 70's) near the Eiffel Tower. The intelligence service offices were, and still are, boulevard Mortier, in the south of Paris, quite far from the Eiffel Tower.

Crazy credits
The movie opens with Gaumont 80's logo.

Connections
Edited into Indy Eka: From Africa with Love (2021)

Soundtracks
Les Sucettes
Music by Serge Gainsbourg
Lyrics by Serge Gainsbourg

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Featured review

5/10

Mediocre

It's not awful and it can extract 2 or 3 smiles.

But what a difference with the first two installments. The wit is lost. It's often boring and most jokes fall flat.

5 is a generous rating.