Spy Games: Netflix's Latest Foray into Comedic Espionage The recent announcement of Jason Isaacs, Justine Lupe, and Aja Naomi King joining Kevin Hart and Henry Cavill in their upcoming Netflix spy comedy has all the makings of a formulaic franchise.
The film's logline promises a blend of espionage and domesticity, with two rival spies forced to become unlikely partners when their wives become friends at a Lamaze class.
The buddy cop genre is not new, but this take attempts to balance high stakes spy work with the mundane lives of suburban families, a tricky balancing act that could pay off in unexpected ways or feel like a lazy mashup of genres.