Never Say Never Again (1983)
Over this month, we’ve talked about the controversy over Thunderball, with Ian Fleming not crediting Kevin McClory, which led to a copyright case and Ron Productions settling on a deal to use the novel as well as the Blofeld and SPECTRE intellectual property. By the mid 1970’s, McClory wanted to remake the movie as Warhead and had […]
The Spy Who Loved Flowers (1966)
Italy and Spain combine to create this sequel to Super Seven Calling Cairo, written and directed by Umberto Lenzi using the name Hubert Humphry. It brings back Roger Browne as Martin Stevens, Agent Super Seven. Emma Danieli from Spies Strike Silently, Daniele Vargas (Electra One from, well, Electra One), Marino Mase (Tenebre), Yoko Tani (The Secret of Dr. […]
The Rock (1996)
Is The Rock a spy movie? SAS Captain John Patrick Mason (Sean Connery) is Bond. He was captured in 1962 for stealing the microfilm with all of Hoover’s secrets, escaped in 1963 in time for the events of Dr. No to finish and was recaptured by the U.S. government after the events of 1971’s Diamonds Are Forever. He claims […]
Ghost Rider (2007)
Mephistopheles (Peter Fonda!) owns the soul of Johnny Blaze, who gave it willingly to cure his father’s cancer. Of course, his dad dies the very next day in a stunt. Blaze becomes a famous stunt rider but the devil still owns his soul, no matter what he does. However — the illegitimate son of Satan […]
Argoman the Fantastic Superman (1967)
Sergio Grieco must have been bored making the Agent 077 movies, because he went absolutely insane putting this film together. This is a mix of the craziest parts of the fumetti neri and Eurospy films, never completely serious yet never getting so campy that you lose interest. It’s absolute fun and worth watching to take your […]
Lucky the Inscrutable (1967)
This movie is completely off the rails from the very first minute of screen time. Jess Franco is an acquired taste, but here, he’s tasting like the finest of wine, as jazzy beats play over Eurospy action. This was his first film working with composer Bruno Nicolai and it all works like magic. Ray Danton […]
Barb Wire (1996)
I kind of love that Barb Wire has basically the same story as Casablanca — Roger Ebert pointed that out — yet Ingrid Bergman didn’t show off her nipples on stage at Rick’s before the credits even started to roll. This movie was made in one of the many races to get comic books on screen. This […]
The Secret Agent Club (1996)
Ray Chase is pretty much cosplaying Harry Tasker, as he’s an agent so secret even his son doesn’t know. When he brings home a laser gun, Eve (Lesley Anne-Downe) and her henchmen kidnap him. Now, his son must rescue his dad and avoid deception from double agents. James Wong (Lo Pan!) and Richard Moll (nearly […]
Casino Royale (1967)
Forced out of retirement, the original James Bond (David Niven) battles Dr. Noah and SMERSH. Living up to the film’s tagline “Casino Royale is too much… for one James Bond!”, this movie ha six others pretending to be 007, including baccarat player Evelyn Tremble (Peter Sellers); millionaire spy Vesper Lynd (first Bond girl Ursula Andress), […]
Exploring: Andy Sidaris
Starting with 1973’s Stacey and 1979’s Seven, the former director of ABC’s Wide World of Sports and innovator of instant replay, slow-motion replay and split-screen views created a world of men that can’t shoot straight and gorgeous female agents. He called his movies b-movies, not because they were lower in quality, but because he filled them with what he referred […]
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