Review – Our Man Flint

So what exactly do you get when you make stupid parody of movies that were already at least somewhat stupid parodies themselves? Well, apparently you get this. The title character (played by James Coburn) is a cheap James Bond knock-off, a super-skilled, super-lucky lothario doing battle with the forces of darkness. Of course the “evil” enemy here is a trio of scientists who have seized control over the world’s weather and are using it to terrorize the superpowers into abandoning their vast arsenals (which is a bad thing for some reason that’s never clearly explained). The thing is so full of Bond sub-references and Bond-esque ridiculousness that it’s impossible to either take seriously or find funny. On the other hand, I remember liking it as a kid. I think it was because I was a Bond fan and this movie was a “close enough” that ran on TV more frequently than the real thing. Mildly amusing