From Disney comes the fun action-comedy Condorman. When comic book writer Woody Wilkins is recruited by the CIA to help a Russian agent defect, he gets the chance to bring his comic book to life. Spoofing the Bond franchise, the film is full of crazy spy gear; from machine gun canes to speedboats with lasers. And the cast features a bona fide Bond Girl, Barbara Carrera (Never Say Never Again). The action scenes are actually pretty good, with some exciting car chases and gun fights. However, some of the comedy’s a little too slapsticky and a couple of the performances are rather weak. Yet despite its problems, Condorman is lighthearted and entertaining film that delivers pretty of thrills and laughs.
The Disney screwing up another genre.
Shout by r96skBlockedParent2020-09-14T20:40:20Z
A good, comedic Disney superhero film.
'Condorman' is nothing spectacular or entirely memorable, but it does produce a sufficiently fun 90 minutes. It crosses a whole host of countries, something I like when films do. With that said, in this it feels too broken up. One minute we're in Turkey, then Italy, then Monaco. It doesn't feel like the characters have travelled to me, it's too disjointed.
Michael Crawford (Woody) and Barbara Carrera (Natalia) are solid together, none of the others particularly stand out. Some of Condorman's gadgets/gimmicks are kinda neat, while there's one enjoyable chase sequence in there too.
Worthy of a watch.