60s Spies Collection - Billion Dollar Brain/Our Man Flint/In Like Flint (Box Set)

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Disadvantages: none.

...character, Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood), and fellow tribesmen Blunted, Flint Sky, Curl Nose, Smoke Frog and Cocoa Leaf, hunting down a Tapir. Having manged to kill the Tapir, the group set about dividing the meat into equal portions. Jaguar Paw, as is custom, removes the internal organs, and allocates them, as one would trophies, to the men. When the Tapir’s balls are offered to Blunted (Jonathan Brewer), it is obvious that he does not much appreciate being given that particular organ as a reward for his part in the hunt, however, after much coaxing by the others, he accepts the reward and bites into one of the animal’s balls. Disgusted by the taste, Blunted immediately spits it out, and glares at his fellow hunters who have burst into laughter. Blunted soon discovers that he has been the butt of their prank, and is somewhat upset by this... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Overwhelmingly funny
Disadvantages: Can't think of any

...This is the funniest thing Mike Myers has ever done, even as a Brit I couldn’t help but find this amusing even though some people have taken offence at it (how?). From beginning to end it is a spoof of all old fashioned comic book spy programmes such as the Avengers, Our Man Flint, the Man from UNCLE and the like but done so much better. However if you feel Myers is funny to start with as Powers, that is nothing to his performance as Dr. Evil. The funniest thing I found in the film was it dealt with things like what henchmens’ families and friends thought after their death, bringing children into world domination, why doesn’t the villain just shoot him? Anybody who tries this sort of thing again will have a lot of work to do to beat this. This will leave you quoting the film for years.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average off topic

Advantages: the extras on the DVD, the couple of stand out scenes
Disadvantages: The plot

...Austin Powers – International Man of Mystery is a spoof on all the secret agent films and follows in the footsteps of Casino Royale and Our Man Flint. Is it written by and stars Mike Myers ( from Saturday Night Live and Waynes World ) and the lovely Liz Hurley co stars. The plot follows the usual formula of bad guy threatening the world and the good guy saving it at the last moment. Obviously there is more to it than that but that basically is the plot. The main thrust of the comedy comes from the fact that Powers was cryogenically frozen back in the 1960s and has been revived in the 90s so we can get the fish out of water jokes which have been used in so many films from Crocodile Dundee to Coogans Bluff, the polictically incorrect musings and the 60s catch phrases Groovy Baby indeed. For me this is a strange film because I... Read review

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