FLINT~ 007's satirical Doppelganger
There have been many parodies on 007(Most of Roger Moore's Bond outings were elaborate satires of the EON-Ian Fleming Super Spy). But James Coburn's single outing as Derek Flint vs GALAXY(SPECTRE-super terrorist clone)is unique and unsurpassed. The MEN FROM UNCLE were cool. The AVENGERS remain ultra non plus as truly shaken-not-stirred satire on British smooth (incarnated in John Stee(l)d and Mrs Emma Peel). But only Connery's(now Craig's)Bond holds an 83 fx all-purpose "cigarette lighter" candle to Ice-Man Flint's cool.The plot is outrageous as any Super Spy super plot has ever been. (Nefarious Galaxy scientific Ubermenschen control the World's weather...long before The Goracle invented Global Warming or the Internet). Lee J. Cobb is really Flint's foil; this great actor has a blast trying to get OMF to behave like a soldier(which he never does). Compared with Flint, Austin Powers is really a feckless sissy and his "satires", embarrassments compared to this archly funny but genuinely exciting SUPER super spy adventure. Womens'Libbers...who hate Bond's misogynistic propensities...will go berserk seeing Flint enrapture a five filly harem(Gila Golan matches Ursula Andress as consummate comprise of sexuality and feminine hubris).This Ultimate Male fantasy is what,perhaps, makes Our MAN Flint who he is and this near "wet" dream adventure what it is. Let the RED PHONE ring~check it out...

I hate to rain on the parade, but...
When it first came out in the sixties, I thought Flint was really cool. I watched it in 2008, and it turns out that my memory of how cool the film was just shows how little I knew in the sixties, either about cool or about movies. The special effects are primative, the plot tedious, and the acting over. All that remains is James Coburn, who really is cool. But Coburn has been in much better films than this. Watch The Magnificent Seven instead.

Intelligent, well-crafted spoof
I don't know how any fanatical follower of James Bond or the Man or Girl from U.N.C.L.E. could look at said icons in the same way after watching this exceptional movie. Loaded with brilliant gadgetry, special effects, costuming, acrobatic heroics, imaginative sets, and more importantly, pointed, even progressive dialogue, this one might be the best of the genre.
James Coburn is one cool cat, Gila Golan is shockingly sensual, Lee J. Cobb at his most hilarious - a great actor who can move a scene with a simple incredulous expression, and these players get the benefit of tight direction and expert editing. Small criticism: picture gets a bit frantic near the end and runs about eight minutes too long.
Edward Mulhare plays the gentleman nemesis in the perfect part for Michael Caine, and you won't miss Michael Caine.
Flint's omnipresence of mind and resourcefulness is powerfully projected: he's a Master in Eastern Meditatation, a Ballet Instructor, willing to cross continents to give a dance company a leg up, a champion of Feminism. And never breaks a sweat. Even his love scene with G.A.L.A.X.Y. agent Galon is more *suggested* than framed as an all-important plot element.
The script, by Hal Fimberg and Ben Starr, can only be considered decades ahead.

Clint on Flint
James Bond might be 007, BUT!!!!!

Derek Flint is 10-1/2

And with 3 female housmates he needed it.

When will the Britts learn ( Jeeeez )

[Three and-a-half stars] Take that, James Bond!
James Coburn fans will love! The suave,
debonaire Flint parodies that unpercrust
Brit superspy in a very fine film! Leo K
Jacob (Lee J Cobb), who was outstanding
in Clint Eastwood's Coogan's Bluff co-
stars! Simply put - very good and funny!
Pick Up On It!