gridoon2024 Review of SuperSeven Calling Cairo

SuperSeven Calling Cairo (1965)

Slick if meandering globe-trotting adventure

[6/10 · 11 July 2010]

"Shhhh....I'm a secret agent. You know, James Bond!", Roger Browne says at one point. Well, you certainly can't accuse "Superseven Calling Cairo" of trying to hide its roots. The very first scene is a perfect capsule of the appeal of this genre - pleasure and danger rolled into one. This is one of the better-looking mid-1960's Euro spy films I've seen, with some eye-filling shots of Cairo, Locarno and Rome. The women are not only gorgeous, but their roles are important to the plot as well. And the plot itself is pretty smart, with a couple of twists that may fool you. However, all this globe-trotting does begin to feel a bit meandering after a while. Nevertheless, this is a more than respectable entry in the genre. **1/2 out of 4.