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July 26, 2002
Austin Powers sequel: Very ouch, baby
By DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writer
AP Movie Writer
"Austin Powers in Goldmember" is the "Wayne's World 2" of the spy-spoof franchise, another humdrum Mike Myers sequel that has no reason to exist, that phones it in, that's a faint shadow of its predecessors.
Pretty much every cliche to ridicule a sequel applies here.
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