The most intriguing aspect of "Agent Cody Banks," starring Frankie Muniz as a seemingly typical teenager who's actually an elite undercover agent for the CIA, can be found in the opening credits. [...] listed among the eight (!) executive producers, are the names Madonna and Jason Alexander, both of whom, at some point, were evidently taken with the teen 007 concept. Undoubtedly, the movie each was envisioning would bear little resemblance to the finished product -- a wholly uninspired "Spy Kids" knockoff that squanders some decent high-tech gadgetry with its slipshod plotting and clunky pacing that keeps grinding to a halt every time the anticipated action keeps threatening to make an appearance.

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