A beautifully seductive girl leaves them weak kneed and malleable. Men have one terrible weakness unless they are poofs and that is their testosterone. Flint then infiltrates by parachute the enemy base in the Virgin Islands!The finale is somewhat unbelievable but entertaining nonetheless as Woman Power overcomes all the male bad guys. Can one man make a difference? YES! There are times throughout history when one man can and has made a difference.The scene where Flint in a delightful sendup of Fiel Castro hijacks the Russian plane enroute to Havana is great! He pretends to give 2 live chickens to the pilots and then ties them up, literally. Not for long when Our Man Flint appears and soon all the bad guys get what they so richly deserve. Shades of Saddam Hussein! The women think they have everything in control but it is the US Army officer who they think are under their thumb that has the upper hand. In the story,the President of the USA is replaced by a look alike under the control of the real No.1 bad guy. I just love the scene when his Boss asks him what happened to the 4 girls he used to have and Flint answers nonchalantly, "I'm trying to cut down". With bare hands and improvised weapons, Flint overcomes all. The two big fight scenes are very well done. The Karate is Hollywood showy but can be used in real life and death situations. The fight scene is very exciting and in real life, James Coburn had martial arts training from Bruce Lee himself, and it shows. James Coburn in a send up of Fidel Castro is super and must not be missed. Derek comes to the rescue of Cramden with exciting and hilarious results. Discredited and suspended, he desperately calls for Flint's help. Cobb is set up by the sexy No.2 henchwoman in a honey trap after being drugged with a powerful narcotic in an Italian restaurant. No, he's not a poofter but he is in disguise. Cobb is very funny as his Boss and you even get to see him in drag at one point. After Flint, well, Bond is kind of.boring if you know what I mean. Derek Flint is one of a kind with his gadgets, beautiful girls, Karate, Ballet dancing, deductive mind plus sheer audacity, extreme resourcefulness and extreme coolness under fire.
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