During the 60's and 70's there were plenty of films that tried to duplicate the James Bond films with varying degrees of success. Well, this one was not too much of a success, but it was rather fun to watch. Peter Graves is out to stop the bad guys in this film that wants to be a super great spy film, but like most copies, you do not get the multiple exotic locations or the super action scenes one typically finds within a James Bond film.
The story has a bomb being stolen and then we learn it is the guy who was the bad guy in the Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me who is the villain! A lot of random scenes play out including a man in a turtle neck putting a beat down on someone and then he is killed. Soon Peter Graves enters the film and is the hero as he travels somewhere and gets attacked immediately upon arrival to somewhere, I think Iran? Soon he is joining up with a Russian agent with no Russian accent to speak of and fighting in a casino so that he can stop Missile X!
Peter Graves does alright in the lead role though he looks a bit too old to be playing a super spy, especially one who can easily get the hot chicks. Curt Jurgens as the bad guy does pretty much the same routine as he did in the Bond film and he even has an evil henchman who instead of sharp teeth as a wacky knife hand! John Caradine is in this too, but try not finding a movie in this era that did not feature him in a role!
So, was it good? Not really, but it was fun to watch and it was not boring. It is better than other Bond wannabes I have seen over the years as at least they try to have a good chase and gunfight here and there. I would have liked to see the evil henchman actually get to use his knife hand and I would have enjoyed not seeing the one girl's pointless dance before dude with bad toupee tried to escape, but overall we got ourselves a good so bad it's good movie!
The story has a bomb being stolen and then we learn it is the guy who was the bad guy in the Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me who is the villain! A lot of random scenes play out including a man in a turtle neck putting a beat down on someone and then he is killed. Soon Peter Graves enters the film and is the hero as he travels somewhere and gets attacked immediately upon arrival to somewhere, I think Iran? Soon he is joining up with a Russian agent with no Russian accent to speak of and fighting in a casino so that he can stop Missile X!
Peter Graves does alright in the lead role though he looks a bit too old to be playing a super spy, especially one who can easily get the hot chicks. Curt Jurgens as the bad guy does pretty much the same routine as he did in the Bond film and he even has an evil henchman who instead of sharp teeth as a wacky knife hand! John Caradine is in this too, but try not finding a movie in this era that did not feature him in a role!
So, was it good? Not really, but it was fun to watch and it was not boring. It is better than other Bond wannabes I have seen over the years as at least they try to have a good chase and gunfight here and there. I would have liked to see the evil henchman actually get to use his knife hand and I would have enjoyed not seeing the one girl's pointless dance before dude with bad toupee tried to escape, but overall we got ourselves a good so bad it's good movie!