JAM Reviews Archer: Season Two from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Archer: Season Two – Blu-Ray : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Review by JAM

Take on neurotic secret agent with mommy issues, a reluctant partner who shares a past history, and an inept agency involved with top secret spy work and you have FX’s Archer, a fun 60s styles animated series set in modern day. Sterling Archer (H. Jon Benjamin) is the most dangerous secret agent in the world in more ways than one. Dangerous to his foes, dangerous to his friends, and often dangerous to himself, he lives life on the edge alongside Lana Kane (Aisha Tyler) his field partner and ex-girlfriend and the rest of the ISIS crew. Overly charged on the libido this is definitely not for kids even with the simplistic animation involved, but Archer is definitely good for a few adult mannered laughs. So take a look at this James Bond/Spies Like Us combo and have a few laughs.

Archer also uses the amazing vocal talents of the hilarious Judy Greer, Chris Parnell, and Jessica Walter along with creator Adam Reed.

JAMS Ink on Archer

I am a fan of secret agents. Whether it is James Bond, Jason Bourne, or Austin Powers saving the world from the ultimate evil, the secret agent movies appeal to me. And Sterling Archer may have found a place beside them now. The animation is kind of trippy as it truly feels like a 60s style animation with stiff walking, and backgrounds that stand out as different behind the characters themselves. It reminds me some of the late 60s super hero cartoons or the Scooby Doo episodes with how the movement seems, and that is alright with me. It lends a fun campy feel to a show that does not attempt to take itself seriously at all.

Best episode is “Swiss Miss” which is actually the first episode of the season that shows Archer actually having to control himself as a nubile young lady throws herself at him nonstop. Normally the comedy lies in the escapades of Archer where as in this episode the comedy lies in the control. As the agency is in dire straits financially, Archer was sent to protect this daughter of a German dignitary against his will and the fact that it backfires on him is a lot of fun..

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