Agents of Secret Stuff

Hi everyone


Today I am writing about a Youtube short movie I saw recently.  The movie is called Agents of Secret Stuff and runs for 35 minutes.

http://agentsofsecretstuff.com

The movie is about a teenage spy.  He is a part of the group calling themselves Agents of Secret Stuff(or ASS for short, and yes there are a lot of puns included).

The story is about Aden(Ryan Higa) a teenage spy who has to go on one final mission before becoming a full agent.  He has to go undercover to a highschool and protect Taylor from the S.I.N.S(Society Involving Not-so-good Stuff).  He goes undercover as José, although mispronouncing the name written on his hand introduces himself as "Josie".  He has never had any real friends, so he finds it hard to fit in.  He is also very jumpy about protecting Taylor from possible SINS agents, attacking other students to try and protect her.

 Eventually she discovers that he is a secret agent, and agrees to help him become a "Normal" teenager(and teaches him how to ride a bike).

When the villain is revealed, and abducts Taylor Aden goes in pursuit. This leads to Aden and the villain facing off with some really amazing Kung-fu.

For an example of one of the humourous conversations:

Taylor: Look out Aden, It's a Trap

Aden Nooooooooooo

Villain: No it isn't

Aden: Oh, Ok

Taylor: No, it is a trap, look

*Aden looks down and sees a mouse trap*

Aden: A trap?

*Aden empties all of his gun's bullets into the mouse trap*

Aden: I destroyed your trap, it's over...

Villain: Oh is it? I beg to differ.  If anything it is the exact opposite.  It is "under".  See we have already won...

The hero, Aden is played by Ryan Higa (Youtube's most subscribed performer with 3 million subscribers as NigaHiga) .
He is very good at his comedy role as he is very expressive with his face.
He also manages some surprisingly good martial arts for the final fight scene.


He wrote and produced the film with the help of Wong-fu Productions.  Each actually brought everything they had to the production.  Ryan brought his action skills fans, and organised for a lot of other Youtube stars to make cameos in the film.  Wong-fu brought their professional film making staff and equipment to really add polish to the film.


It was made on a very slim budget and filmed in 8 days.  In one of the behind the scenes clips you can see that to get a panning shot during one of the fight sequences, a camera man lay on his back on a skateboard while someone pulled his feet.  The effect of the above shot is really impressive, rivaling some Hollywood cinematography.

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Taylor, the heroine, and love interest(was that really a spoiler?)
She plays off Ryan Higa very well as the slightly shocked school girl thrown into a world of espionage and intrigue.
She even has some surprises up her sleeve.














Some of the Youtube Celebrity Cameos

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Rawn Erickson plays Tracey, Aden's mentor in ASS.  He only has a small part, but sums it up quite well with the line:

<squeaks> "Tracey can be a man's name too"

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Smosh, Famous for their Pokemon theme sing along, also make an appearance as two other students.
Interestingly they both end up being attacked by Aden, but that is another story...










Melvin, another classmate is played by the dancer, Dominic Sandoval.  He plays a geeky classmate really well.




















Well I thought it was a really well made funny movie.  There is a particularly funny scene regarding knocking
 people unconscious using pressure points.
Overall I would give this movie 9/10 for effort, and quality.


The video is here:

Let me know what you think of it.
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Who is your favourite youtube comedian?