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By Jim Vejvoda
Posted: Mar 17, 2023 7:01 am
Agent Elvis is now streaming on Netflix.
Premiering less than a week after Baz Luhrmann’s biopic Elvis went home empty-handed at the 95th Academy Awards, Netflix’s Agent Elvis brings the late music icon to animated life with a little less (serious) conversation and a lot more action. The show is an Archer-esque animated action-comedy spy series that also just so happens to be a big ol’ valentine to the King of Rock ‘n Roll. Co-created by Elvis’ former wife Priscilla Presley and John Eddie (who co-showruns with Mike Arnold), Agent Elvis is a tongue-in-cheek tribute to a larger-than-life person who, by his own admission in a 1971 acceptance speech, grew up imagining himself as the hero in comic books and movies. The show brings Elvis’ wacky desire to become a secret agent to amusing and over-the-top life even if its high concept often risks becoming a one-note joke.
While each of the 10 episodes in the first season clip along at a brisk pace – punctuated by a few Elvis songs here and there as secret agent Elvis and his cohorts in the U.S. intelligence agency TCB (The Central Bureau) encounter trouble around the globe – each story employs the same formula. Set against the backdrop of a major historic event or a highlight of Elvis’ career, an unflappable Elvis juggles showbiz with crime-fighting while sassy TCB agent CeCe Ryder busts his chops and her eccentric boss, known as The Commander, reveals more of what the TCB really wants with Elvis. If this was a weekly episodic series that might not be such an issue, but as this is a Netflix show that repetition is felt if you abandon patience and binge it.
And what of Agent Elvis himself? With his own distinctive Southern drawl and charisma, Matthew McConaughey may sound more like himself rather than Elvis, but he plays this Elvis-as-good ol’ boy action hero with the right degree of self-assurance and machismo. Although only in his early 30s, this Elvis is a relic of the 1950s who’s out of step in the Swingin’ ‘60s. He’s no fan of hippies, street drugs, or the various revolutionary groups targeting the country he loves. Initially acting as a vigilante, this gun-toting, karate-kickin’ Elvis metes out Dirty Harry-style justice on everyone from coke dealers to the Manson Family. McConaughey’s massively cool and confident Elvis is reminiscent of Sean Connery’s swaggering, alpha 007.
As fanciful as Agent Elvis is, the show adheres remarkably closely to the timeline of Elvis’ life, even lining up with the exact dates of certain events that only die-hard Elvis fans might know about. (For example, one episode is set on January 15, 1971, and it has a ticking clock element to it where Elvis must get home in time to accept his Jaycees award on January 16.) The show even manages to address, with biting wit, criticisms of cultural appropriation in Elvis’ music, while also managing to plug a Jet Magazine interview with Elvis from 1957 that refuted the most notorious allegations of racism that still dog Presley’s legacy. All of this is to say that showrunners/writers Mike Arnold and John Eddie have done their research in order to pepper in interesting and entertaining historic details about Elvis in what is an otherwise completely ludicrous, fabricated tale.
Agent Elvis is fairly meta, with celeb cameos, Easter eggs, and homages to everything from Star Wars to classic James Bond movies. Sony Pictures Animation provides Agent Elvis with a distinctive, retro, comic book-style aesthetic, which is fitting considering this Elvis is a gadget-wielding superhero engaged in everything from martial arts brawls to aerial escapades. (Season One spans from 1968 to 1973, when Elvis was still in his physical and artistic prime, and there’s no hint in this idealized depiction of Elvis of his established drug use or even womanizing.)
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With its ribald sense of humor, gory action, and occasional full-frontal nudity, Agent Elvis definitely puts the “adult” in adult animation. Fans of that category of comedy may be drawn to check it out, but its main joke and repetitive episode format could quickly wear thin on those who aren’t especially interested in Presley himself. But for the f...
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Agent Elvis. TV Series. 2023. TV-MA. 30m. IMDb RATING. 6.8 /10. 2.5K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Play trailer 2:28. 4 Videos. 20 Photos. Animation Action Comedy. Elvis trades in his jumpsuit for a jetpack when he joins a secret government spy program to help battle the dark forces that threaten the country. Creators. Mike Arnold. John Eddie.
