Darker Than Amber stars Rod Taylor as Travis McGee, a Florida part time detective and scavenger who witnesses an attempted murder of a young woman, played by Suzy Kendall, saves that woman, has a short affair with her only for her to later get killed by the very men who tried killing her the first time, then are tracked and hunted down by McGee.
The film is a bit uneven with some parts being awkward and some parts being very good. That said I found Taylor great in this and for me he along with William Smith made the film very enjoyable. There is a James Bond like quality to the movie and William Smith is very convincing as a psychotic killer and altogether great villain. The film is most noted for the fight scene between Taylor and Smith which evidently turned real as both men sustained injuries during the fight. Heck, none other than Bruce Lee was impressed with the fight as he wanted Robert Clouse to direct his film Enter The Dragon, solely on the fight scenes alone.
It is shame the film flopped at the box office because I would have enjoyed more from Taylor playing McGee, as it stands, this film enjoys a cult status and I hope it will someday get a dvd or blu ray release.
The film is a bit uneven with some parts being awkward and some parts being very good. That said I found Taylor great in this and for me he along with William Smith made the film very enjoyable. There is a James Bond like quality to the movie and William Smith is very convincing as a psychotic killer and altogether great villain. The film is most noted for the fight scene between Taylor and Smith which evidently turned real as both men sustained injuries during the fight. Heck, none other than Bruce Lee was impressed with the fight as he wanted Robert Clouse to direct his film Enter The Dragon, solely on the fight scenes alone.
It is shame the film flopped at the box office because I would have enjoyed more from Taylor playing McGee, as it stands, this film enjoys a cult status and I hope it will someday get a dvd or blu ray release.