I first saw this in college, a treat from our tutors at the time. 50 years or more later I still enjoy the silliness and a great way to unwind. It's a movie made in the 60's, I was a teenager then and wanted his lifestyle, hahaha.

I had high hopes for this spy spoof from the mid 60's given its supposed influence on Austin Powers and all, but in truth it's pretty tame and very dated. James Coburn brings a neat Zen-type coolness to the title part but there's very little for him to play against here. There's no evil megalomaniac to lock horns with, indeed the three scientists who invent the weather controlling machine which threatens the world do seem to actually mean it when they say they're doing it for the greater good and even the protagonist Rodney character, besides looking like Michael Caine's older brother carries almost no physical threat whatsoever to our hero so that their fight near the end doesn't even qualify as anti-climactic.It goes without saying that the females in the cast are mere decoration, scantily clad in the main, subservient to Flint's every whim, almost literally "pleasure units" for the male viewers delight. There's an absence of real action or tension throughout while the mock up miniature sets showing the effects of nature in revolt or the exploding island at the end are ridiculously obvious and the fight sequences similarly very lame indeed. Leave it to Sean...

*Spoiler/plot- 1965 Our Man Flint, Evil baddies try to take over the world with three evil scientists. But, Flint wins. His secret cigarette lighter can kill baddies in numerous ways. *Special stars- James Coburn leads this film as the super spy for the USA. Lee J Cobb plays the head of the US spy organization. *Theme- Good guys win out for the USA. *Based on- James Bond genre movies and the like. *Trivia/location/goofs- Successful parody of super spy film at that time. A sequel was made 'In Like Flint'. The actor casting for the three evil scientists goes against established common public views about people's national origins & race. Making a statement or what ?? *Emotion- Enjoyable to watch the last remnants of woman killing & loving macho oversexed espionage. A definite era of playful sexual matters before the serious matters of aids and palimony set into the society.

James Coburn is "Our Man Flint" in this 1966 spy film. Flint is called in by our government to find and destroy the enemy's capability to control the weather. Given our current situation with global warming, it was actually quite interesting.The cool, perfect Flint is a derivative of James Bond, a gadget-ridden spy, unflappable in the face of certain death, totally brilliant, and a sex machine surrounded by gorgeous, buxom women. Played by the resonant-voiced, angular-faced James Coburn, Flint sails through his assignment, not only escaping death but faking death when it suits him.It's a fun movie, but it's amazing how many of this type of film and spy films in general were made in the '60s - not only the Bond films, but caper films like Topkapi, Gambit, the Harry Palmer films, Casino Royale (where James bond was a character) - these films and takeoffs of them, like The Glass-Bottomed Boat - abounded.It's always nice to reminisce about the '60s, and "Our Man Flint" has the music, the dancing, the gowns, the gadgets and the bustlines that will take you right back. A good time.