StunnaKrypto
Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.
Beystiman
It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
Patience Watson
One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.
Brenda
The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
bensonmum2
Agent X-77, Serge Vadile (Gerard Barray), attempts to stop a rogue organization from getting its hands on a new, top-secret rocket fuel. His only assistance comes from a nurse, untrained as special agent. Not the best Eurospy film I've ever seen, but Agent X-77 Orders to Kill is a decent effort with enough fun stuff to make it worthwhile. I recently wrote some fairly negative things about another Eurospy film called Agent Sigma 3. I thought it might be fun to compare the two to see why I prefer Agent X-77 to Agent Sigma 3. Agent Sigma 3 – Lead actor was dull. Agent X-77 – Lead actor (Barray) has enough charm and charisma to pull off the role of a secret agent. He's good.Agent Sigma 3 – The plot was empty and characters move from place to place without much happening. Agent X-77 – While it might not be the best plot, there's more going on in a coherent fashion to keep things moving along nicely. Character actions have a purpose and fit the story being told. Agent Sigma 3 – The characters don't distinguish themselves. Agent X-77 – The bad guys here are played in a much sharper focus. Each of the three or four main bad guys had a definite personality and characteristics. Agent Sigma 3 – Poorly choreographed fight scenes. Agent X-77 – Much better fight choreography. Barray looks more like he knows what he's doing. Not perfect by any stretch, but much better than Agent Sigma 3. If all that weren't enough, the icing on the cake that gives a huge edge to Agent X-77 over Agent Sigma 3 is Sylva Koscina as the nurse, Mania. I've written this before about Margaret Lee, but it holds true for Koscina – any movie with Sylva Koscina is better just because she's in the movie. She's incredible.My 6/10 rating would indicate that I had a few issues with the movie. The love scene between the female agent and the spy was silly, the plot could have been a bit more focused, and the ridiculous player piano music that's heard every time Vadile drives his car is nothing short of an assault on the senses.
rodrig58
I had some hopes concerning this movie, I thought that's something special: total disappointment! First, it has an annoying song that keeps repeating almost every 10 minutes. Then the subject is all s..t. Gerard Barray bustle around here and there, in a convertible red car, shares some punches and shootings, between some kisses with Sylva Koscina and, that's it, nothing more happens. A small explosion in the end, everything completely pointless and meaningless. Almost all these films have as character "a professor", which is ridiculous in every way. All the other characters, revolves around the professor. Waste of time and nothing else.
vjetorix
Gerard Barray must protect a scientist and his new invention. The invention is another super fuel that will `advance the exploration of space by ten years' and the plot devolves to stopping the bad guys from blowing up a factory where the invention is being worked on. Barrray is actually quite good in the role of a secret agent. He has the qualities required to seamlessly blend humor and determination and his dark good looks are softened by an impish gleam in his eye. He previously played a spy in Gibraltar (64). His love interest here is Manya played by the lovely Sylva Koscina who graced several other spy pictures as well. Here she plays a nurse who falls for Barray and joins him not only in bed but on several adventurous episodes. The more of her the better.
The bulk of the Georges Garvarentz score consists of an annoying zither theme but there is one nice jazz tune played on a radio. So, overall this is an enjoyable film even if has been made nonsensical by the dubbing into English.
dinky-4
The French cinema is capable of many things, but the James Bond-type spy thriller is apparently not one of them. This particular effort lacks an intriguing plot, has no flair for action, and can't provide sparkling give-and-take dialog for its leading man and leading lady.Sylva Koscina, always better than her material, looks good but has little of substance to do. Gerard Barray displays moments of charm but his prowess in fist-fights is never very persuasive. He does, however, get de-shirted and flogged in what may be the screen's third best example of a man being suspended by his wrists so that his feet don't touch the ground during the course of his punishment. (Okay, the two better examples are Charles Bronson in "Chino" and Charles Starrett in "The Mask of Fu Manchu.") Incidentally, Barray's flogging ranks 30th in the book, "Lash! The Hundred Great Scenes of Men Being Whipped in the Movies."