Review of Midnight in St. Petersburg

The fifth and final entry in the Harry Palmer series is a disappointment. After bringing back the classic character, Harry Palmer in, the flawed but very enjoyable, Bullet To Beijing and allowing Michael Caine to give a rather badass performance, this sequel should have been something along the same lines. It's not. It contains, at times, very poor dialogue and a cliched script. Its nice to see Jason Connery given a bigger role than in the previous film but his character suffers from the worst of the bad dialogue. It was criminal for Mia Sarrow not to return and instead we are given Tanya Jackson who is no substitute. The hallucinogenic score from the previous film has been replaced with a dull and uninteresting one. Michael Caine is always watchable but even he can't get the film above the two stars that I'm giving it. The worst in the series.

2/5

The Harry Palmer Series :

1. The Ipcress File (1965) 5/5
2. Bullet To Beijing (1996) 4/5
3. Funeral In Berlin (1966) 4/5
4. Billion Dollar Brain (1967) 3/5
5. Midnight In St. Petersburg (1997) 2/5