The Ambushers (1967) DVDRip Dual Cat-Eng (SiRiUs sHaRe) torrent

The Ambushers (1967)

A government space saucer is hijacked mid-flight by a powerful laser beam under the control of Jose Ortega, who then proceeds to rape the female pilot, Sheila Sommars. ICE sends agent Matt Helm to Acapulco with Sheila to recover the saucer, under the guise of Matt taking fashion photographs of beautiful models. Matt is temporarily side-tracked, falling prey to the seductive charms of enemy agent Franceca Madeiros.

Dean Martin ... Matt Helm
Senta Berger ... Francesca Madeiros
Janice Rule ... Sheila Sommers
James Gregory ... MacDonald
Albert Salmi ... Jose Ortega
Kurt Kasznar ... Quintana
Beverly Adams ... Lovey Kravezit
David Mauro ... Nassim
Roy Jenson ... Karl
John Brascia ... Rocco
Linda Foster ... Linda
Tomiko Ishizuka ... Slaygirl (as Yumiko Ishizuka)
Karin Feddersen ... Slaygirl (as Karin Fedderson)
Ulla Lindstrom ... Slaygirl
Marilyn Tindall ... Slaygirl

Director: Henry Levin

Runtime: 102 mins

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062657/

Codecs:

Video : 713 MB, 1020 Kbps, 25.0 fps, 640*352 (16:9), XVID = XVID Mpeg-4,
Audio : 78 MB, 112 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channels, 0x55 = Lame MP3, CBR,

Audio 1: Catalan
Audio 2: English

See enclosed document on how to play or burn dual audio files

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This film is a funny spoof of the James Bond series. Dean Martin is hilarious as the stereotypical spy with a drink in one hand and a sexy girl in the other. All the people who call this series a rip off of James Bond are missing the point. I especially loved Kurt Kaznar, playing the despicable character he would play so well in his most famous role on Land of the Giants as Alexander Fitzhugh. Also, Janice Rule is more than just window dressing. She plays the femme fetale role to the hilt and she shows a great flair for comedy in this film. The Matt Helm series was intended to be a parody of that series and did a great job of it.

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MASTER PLAN: steal a flying saucer and sell it to the highest bidder. This 3rd Matt Helm goof-fest (after "Murderers' Row"), a comedic take on the James Bond films, starts out promisingly. There's a decidedly more sci-fi flavor in the early scenes, with the theft of the saucer, though the special FX never rise above the "Lost in Space" TV show, from the other producer, Irwin Allen. There's also some goofy science involved: the electro-magnetic power source for this aircraft is lethal to males, which is why only female astronauts can pilot it. We also have some early scenes at an ICE (the CIA of the Helm universe) training facility which, though in the same silly vein of all females drooling over Helm, are somewhat imaginative. Dino Martin & James Gregory reprise their roles as, respectively, Helm & his boss, with Helm the increasingly boorish, lecherous Americanized Bond-type agent and MacDonald more weary of the whole deal. During one intriguing training sequence, Helm somehow removes most of a female agent's clothes in the span of a few seconds - a scene I'm sure would send modern feminists into a rage. Most of the action, however, moves to sunny Acapulco; Helm is accompanied by another female agent and pilot (Rule) who has been traumatized (as in, raped off-screen, it seems) by the main villain (Salmi) some days earlier.

Some of these plot points lend an additionally sleazy tone to the movie and a lot of Helm's double entendres take on an extra unpleasant subtext. The actress Janice Rule was usually in serious roles and seems out of place as a 'Helm girl,' but she also lends a maturity and edge to the part not usually seen in these pics. As it is, a lot of her scenes involve her losing half her clothes, for one reason or another, and it comes across as distasteful. Senta Berger, on the other hand, is a great femme fatale, especially in that outfit with the purple boots - va-va-Voom! (The boots change to green at one point, suddenly). She holds her own against all the men, hero or bad guys, and her role is cut short unceremoniously, unfortunately. Both she and Rule are outfitted in some typically far-out sixties attire that shows off the female figure. The actor Salmi, as the head villain, is almost too sinister for this type of movie, with his odd looks and intense demeanor. He's a natural villain, but more suited for realistic thrillers. His flunky is played by Kaszner, hamming it up; he was a regular silly villain/foil on the "Land of the Giants" TV show, an Irwin Allen production. The final action involves Helm tricking/doping a firing squad and a lot of poor backscreen projection during the chasing. Helm also uses a futuristic gun which can lift objects - pretty hokey, all in all. Helm would return in "The Wrecking Crew."

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Two step above Murderer's Row (which I opine is NOT a movie), The Ambushers is not a BAD movie, just mediocre. The opening title, performed by no less than Tommy Boyce And Bobby Hart of Monkees song writing fame, is repleat with titillation and thus belies the content of the film.

The women, unlike The Silencers and The Wrecking Crew are of average appeal. On the other hand, the women, unlike in such crap as the pretentious Flint films, play an active role. Murderer's row aside, the Matt Helm films treat women with far more respect than just about any other spy movie(s). Yes, women are sex objects, but after sex, or an attempt at sex, they become an integral, and often intelligent, part of the action.

The Ambushers is dated and does not wear well. Unlike The Silencers and The Wrecking Crew there are no scenes that are especially clever and even though you don't feel as though many scenes should have been left on the cutting room floor you don't get the impression that the writers stayed up late trying to come up with anything clever.

Dean Martin TRIES to look enthusiastic but the script lacks sharp wit and consistency from scene to scene.

The fight scenes throughout the Helm series are poorly choreographed, but that goes for most spy movies anyway. After all, these guys, including James Bond and Derek Flint, are not REALLY martial artists.

As I state in my review of Murderer's Row, Columbia Pictures does the public a huge favor by packaging garbage (Murderer's Row) with mediocrity (The Ambushers).

If you really must see beautiful, intelligent women coupled with a smart, tight story line, see The Silencers and The Wrecking Crew.

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# This film marked the final appearance of Matt's secretary Lovey Kravezit.

# This was James Gregory's final appearance as Matt's boss MacDonald.

# This film also marked the final time that Matt faced an agent from the Brotherhood of International Government and Order (a.k.a. BIG-O).

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