Deadlier Than the Male
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Movie Reviews of Deadlier Than the Male
Movie Review: Fun with Bulldog Drummond
Summary: 4 Stars
I just finished watching the movie Deadlier than the Male. I really enjoyed it. It is a good spin on the action movies of the sixties. The story moves briskly and the 2 female leads are attractive and deliver fine performances.This is not Bond or a made up agent it is Bulldog Drummond a well documented and oftened filmed character in British literature. the movie grabs you right from the opening scene where 2 lovely ladies come out of the water with spear guns. You know they are there for trouble. I recommend it to anyone in on Bond films or the sixties action films. You will find it quite enjoyable.Movie Review: Carbon copy Bond
Summary: 3 Stars
The James Bond craze of the 1960s sent studios scurrying to secure the rights to other literary secret agents and detectives, and alter them to fit the successful 007 formula. Novelist H. C. McNeile's creation "Bulldog Drummond" was showcased in numerous mystery films in the '20s and '30s; for this 1966 spy movie, however, the urbane sleuth was reconfigured into a carbon copy of Bond.
Like the Bond films, there's a strong (and welcome) emphasis on female villainy, represented here in the shape-make that shapes-of blonde Elke Sommer and brunette Sylvia Koscina. They're stunning and, as such, the primary reasons to sit through this run-of-the-mill rehash of the kind of spy movie clichés that Mike Myers has made a cottage industry out of satirizing.
Movie Review: Fun but not Funny
Summary: 3 Stars
Though I thought this film was pleasant enough, it ultimately was neither campy enough or action packed enough to ever get me too excited.The plot feels second rate, the hero as played by Richard Johnson is about as bland as you get and any attempts at campy humor were too subtle to ever make me laugh.
All but serious student of 60's pop culture are probably going to feel a little disappointed after purchasing this film. It isn't nearly as good or fun as the cover illustration makes it seem.
Movie Review: BOND-ED
Summary: 3 Stars
Lite 60"s farce with a nod to Bond. Elke Sommer and Sylva Koscina look great and should have been Bond babes. Dvd quality is good, but why the high price? Should be in the $14.99 range. O.K. diversion if you don"t mind the high price.Movie Review: Bond copy
Summary: 1 Stars
This is one of several movies that cashed in on the Bond craze. This particular one is the worst of the copies. The low budget limits the exotic location shots and make the story very slow and dragging. There are none of the artistic photographic angles and effects common in the Bond films. It is about an insurance investigator who is looking into organized crime. The plot is totally devoid of any imagination or surprises. The one unusual feature is that some of the gratuitous violence is done by women who appear to be bored with their violent work. The women and their clothes were very flashy by standards of 40 years ago, but will have no romantic effects on healthy men of today. Notice how the women piled their hair on top of their head and then wrapped a turban around it.
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