A train carrying $1 billion in gold is hijacked in Denmark and secret agent "Matt Helm" (Dean Martin) has only 48 hours upon his arrival there before British and American markets collapse. The person the secret organization I.C.E. believes is responsible is the multi-millionaire "Count Contini" (Nigel Green). Assisting him is his beautiful but deadly fiancé, "Linka Karensky" (Elke Sommer) and his top agent from Hong Kong, "Yu-Rang" (Nancy Kwan). As luck would have it, Count Contini has recently dumped his mistress, "Lola Medina" (Tina Louise) and she is willing to make a deal. So with only the help of an assistant named "Freya Carlson" (Sharon Tate) waiting for him in Denmark, Matt Helm flies to Copenhagen to retrieve the gold. At any rate, rather than reveal what happens next I will just say that this movie is loaded with sexy women who all want to get close to Matt for one reason or another. In that regard, I thought both Elke Sommer and Nancy Kwan performed very well in their respective roles. Dean Martin was solid and Tina Louise looked great. But her role was a bit too short in my view. Sharon Tate also put on a good performance but her character was too inconsistent. One minute she's a dull-looking klutz and the next she's a sexy secret agent. Likewise, except for the fight between Yu-Rang and Freya, the combat scenes were quite boring. In short, this film is much like the other 3 Matt Helm movies with some really nice-looking actresses thrown in for good measure. It definitely has some flaws but all things considered it's still watchable all the same.
Review of The Wrecking Crew
