Weekend Espionage Plan — Daves Sidequest

Alright, it's been a long week and my brain is fried, so this weekend is officially a spy movie weekend, no exceptions. I want gadgets that make no sense, guys in suits doing backflips off buildings, secret briefcases, double crosses I didn't see coming, and at least one scene in a casino for no real reason.

Honestly there's something so satisfying about watching someone lie their way through an entire mission and somehow keep it together while everything's falling apart around them. No thinking required, just vibes, disguises, and way too many explosions for something that's supposed to be "stealth."

So that's the move this weekend. Check these spy movies, and let your brain finally check out for once.

On this list

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)

The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

Spies Like Us (1985)

Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.

GoldenEye (1995)

When a powerful secret defense system is stolen, James Bond is assigned to stop a Russian crime syndicate from using it.

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy. But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the '90s? With the help of sexy sidekick Vanessa Kensington, he just might.