The phone keeps ringing. Sydney leaps out from behind a car, and some ass-whomping begins. Why oh why do directors these days shoot action scenes all close-up and muddy so you can't see anything? Oh, right -- when your actors don't know martial arts, it's easier to cheat that way. Jennifer Garner does look okay as a fighter, and she looks like she could do some hurt, unlike a tiny little Slayer we know, and yes, it's incredibly hard training to put yourself through especially if you're pretty new to it, but it's just so very, very sad watching American actors try to imitate Hong Kong action and fail miserably. Guys, this tip might help: don't move like you're fighting your granddaddy with arthritis in his joints. Jeez.
More fightage. The scene ends rather bizarrely with a gun-toting SD6er against a car and Sydney delivering, v-e-r-r-y slowly, a side kick that shatters the window behind him. Right then a car pulls up. It's Spy Daddy! And Sydney calls him "Daddy"! Is that weird? I mean, I stopped calling my Dad "Daddy" after the age of eight. Spy Daddy tells her to get in the car, and a garage chase scene ensues. Man, I bet Ford loves watching government chase scenes -- there are no other scenes where a producer would CHOOSE to use a Ford.
Spy Daddy's car. Best Friend calls Sydney and asks what's up, and to call her back to hear about her crazy day. Sydney says, "Me, too," numbly and hangs up. More chase-age, some gunshots. Lots of techno. The other car and driver get it, and Spy Daddy pulls away. He tells Sydney to put on her seat belt. Hee! Is that such a parental reflex or what?
Spy Daddy tells Sydney that the agency doesn't trust Sydney anymore, and that they're going to kill her. Jennifer Garner's face here looks like she just got told she didn't make captain of the cheer squad. Spy Daddy tells Sydney that he works for SD6, just like her, and that he's gotten her a safe flight to Switzerland that leaves that night. Sydney gasps, "I thought you sold airplane parts!" Spy Daddy snaps, "I don't sell airplane parts. I never sold airplane parts." Why does he sound bitter that she never noticed? Doesn't that mean he did his job very well? They pull up to a deserted area, and he tells Sydney to get in the car waiting across the lot, since it's only waiting for two minutes. Also, at one point during this scene, Sydney starts pulling on his face to see if it's a rubber mask. I think it was supposed to be funny.













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