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This one killed the series

posted 13 years ago by anneandwalt-1
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It's hard to guess if more success would have meant more Flint films, but even when I first saw this entry back in 1967 it disappointed - and time has not been kind to Flint Opus II.

Parodying Bond, the series was going to be challenged due to lower budgets - all those obvious bits of stock film but they kind of made it work the first time.

This time the strengthes are again Coburn - who would have been amazing with stronger support in the Flint films, Lee J Cobb and the great musical score. The action scenes work quite well, but the pace, supporting cast and direction are right out of the worst of the Matt Helm flicks. The studio aimed low and that's basically what we got.

[–] moviefan2010 (6) 7 years ago

Both these films were "cheap and cheerful" and while "In Like Flint' was not as successful as "Our Man Flint" it still did well enough for 20th. Century Fox to want to do a third. However James Coburn didn't so that was that.

"The studio aimed low and that's basically what we got."

True - it was a bit of a poor man's "Moonraker" but all in all it wasn't a terrible effort - and besides it would be a tall order to top "Our Man Flint". We have all seen far far worse when it comes to "flogging a dead horse" in terms of sequels that should never have been produced.

[–] jk90us (7210) 2 months ago

They wanted to do another film but James Coburn turned it down.