#OUR MAN FLINT MOVIE#
Nevertheless, there’s some mild amusement to be had in the superspy confidence and invincibility, the jazzy trumpet tunes, a few cleverly edited fight sequences, an anti-American attack eagle, the sheer silliness of the enemy headquarters being based on a random tropical paradise (like something out of “The Time Machine”), and the sultry vixens that routinely appear fractions of a second away from revealing actual nudity (particularly in an outrageously strange subplot about hypnotizing women into becoming emotionless “pleasure units” – a male fantasy concept twisted into laughably unstimulating role-playing scenarios, such as a drive-in movie set). Flint’s only weakness, apparently, is women, though that never actually gets him into hot water.Įven though “Our Man Flint” isn’t meant to be serious, it doesn’t help that chief assassin Gila (Gila Golan) is so completely incompetent (she has sex with her target not to ensnare him in some sinister booby-trap, but just for fun) and that the military mastermind (Edward Mulhare as Malcolm Rodney) behind the disasters is so terribly unthreatening. Strangely, the villains employ equally absurd gimmicks, such as having henchmen undergo last-minute plastic surgery instead of utilizing “Mission: Impossible”-styled masks. A brief mention of SPECTRE (and triple-oh-eight) actually ties this directly to Ian Fleming’s world, as if this was a spin-off instead of a parody.įlint is a one-man army with knowledge and skills that surpass any mere mortal, capable of resuscitating a man’s heart with a light bulb socket, or identifying the percentages of ingredients used in recipes only found in Marseilles, or analyzing molecules from various parts of the world.
#OUR MAN FLINT FULL#
As an obvious spoof of 007, but without an exaggeration of slapstick or over-the-top one-liners, “Our Man Flint” opens with a title sequence full of silhouettes of nude, dancing women (an utter rip of the James Bond graphics) before proceeding to elaborate assassination attempts and the introduction of hokey gadgets. It’s all rather comical, though intentionally so. Cramden has no time or interest in Flint’s services, but the world is in trouble and no one else seems to be available.
Aside from his skills as a martial artist and fencer, he’s also a ballet instructor, a medic, an advanced meditator, and something of an interior decorator.
He’s selfish and arrogant, and now lounges around in his luxurious apartment with a bevy of sexy young women to wait on his every command. Cobb) reluctantly agrees to approach the top candidate for the mission.ĭerek Flint (James Coburn) is the most qualified man, but he specifically lacks discipline and the ability to follow orders or protocols. Team after team of espionage agents have been thwarted by the madman, prompting the Zonal Organization for World Intelligence and Espionage (ZOWIE) to rely on their computer system and suggestions from all the global representatives to nominate an outside spy capable of getting to the bottom of the climatic manipulations.
Pic environmental catastrophes are being instigated by a device aboard a submarine – governed by an evil genius intent on proving control over the weather itself.
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