The Karate Killers Reviews

Ridiculous, clichéd and predictable entry into The Man From U.N.C.L.E series. The plot is all over the place so I won't even bother trying to explain. The usual two leads (Vaughn and McCallum) are great alongside Telly Savalas and Curt Jurgens giving hammy performances to say the least. Jill Ireland is attractive but nothing more. The wonderful Terry Thomas is unfortunately unnecessary. It also clear to see that the film is heavily influenced by 1965's 'You Only Live Twice', with the gyrocopters and all.
The film is also notably more violent and it feels out of place. We are even cheated out of finding out how Solo and Kuryakin escape out of some of their scraps as the film cuts to the next scene (!). Its all good fun, swinging sixties London and all, but it's not a patch on 1966's One Spy Too Many . The best bit about the film? Irene Tsu. And she's absolutely gorgeous.

Fun but heavily flawed.

2/5