The greatest hero ever assembled.
John Brown is a bumbling but well-intentioned security guard who is badly injured in an explosion planned by an evil mastermind. He is taken to a laboratory, where Brenda, a leading robotics surgeon, replaces his damaged limbs with state-of-the-art gadgets and tools. Named "Inspector Gadget" by the press, John -- along with his niece, Penny, and her trusty dog, Brain -- uses his new powers to discover who was behind the explosion.
ActionAdventureComedyFamilypolicedetectivesuperherogadgetnerdvillainslapstick comedybased on cartoonscientistsuper villainscience fiction
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Unpretentious, effortless, resolved and raw.
- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
- rawmeticulous
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Matthew BroderickInspector Gadget / Robogadget / John Brown
- Rupert EverettSanford Scolex
- Joely FisherBrenda / Robobrenda
- Michelle TrachtenbergPenny
- Andy DickKramer
- Cheri OteriMayor Wilson
- Mike HagertySikes
- Dabney ColemanChief Quimby
- D.L. HughleyGadgetmobile (voice)
- René AuberjonoisArtemus Bradford
Crew
- David KelloggDirector
- Zak PennScreenplay
- Kerry EhrinScreenplay
- Adam GreenbergDirector of Photography
- John DebneyOriginal Music Composer
- Gerald B. GreenbergEditor
- Thom NobleEditor
- Alan CodyEditor
- Roger BirnbaumProducer
- Jordan KernerProducer
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