OSS117: Rio Ne Répond Plus
15/11/15 Filed in: DVD
Having watched OSS 117: Le Caire - Nid d'Espions, it was suggested that I also watch Rio Ne Répond Plus.
It carries on nicely from the earlier film, with our agent upsetting just about everybody and surviving not from any innate skill but from sheer luck and help from his often incredulous partners.
In this outing he's off to Rio to recover microfilms from an ex Nazi, which contain the names of French collaborators. He's told that he has been selected because he's the 'best', which he immodestly acknowledges, but we later find out that there is a more compelling reason.
Posing as a reporter on holiday, which of course nobody believes, he ends up with Mossad agents who want to get the said Nazi back to Israel for trial. In the earlier film the Muslims were the recipients of his insults, whereas this time it's the Jews. He, of course, doesn't actually realise he is insulting people.
It carries on nicely from the earlier film, with our agent upsetting just about everybody and surviving not from any innate skill but from sheer luck and help from his often incredulous partners.
In this outing he's off to Rio to recover microfilms from an ex Nazi, which contain the names of French collaborators. He's told that he has been selected because he's the 'best', which he immodestly acknowledges, but we later find out that there is a more compelling reason.
Posing as a reporter on holiday, which of course nobody believes, he ends up with Mossad agents who want to get the said Nazi back to Israel for trial. In the earlier film the Muslims were the recipients of his insults, whereas this time it's the Jews. He, of course, doesn't actually realise he is insulting people.
His Mossad partner, Dolorès, is a delectable woman (actress/model Louise Monot) who he at first takes to be a secretary (of course) and never quite gets around to treating her as an equal, she being actually a far superior agent to him.
There is a constant presence of Chinese assassins who are after him for the dastardly deeds shown in the opening sequence of the film, and two wrestlers who work for the Nazi, and walk around in public wearing their professional wrestling masks.
And so the farce unfolds.
During the first half of the film I felt that it wasn't quite up to the earlier one, but the second part was better. The 'costume' convention, where our hero feels that he and Dolorès are not attracting too much attention, is brilliant.
Reviews were good with critics outvoting audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, which rarely happens.
There is a constant presence of Chinese assassins who are after him for the dastardly deeds shown in the opening sequence of the film, and two wrestlers who work for the Nazi, and walk around in public wearing their professional wrestling masks.
And so the farce unfolds.
During the first half of the film I felt that it wasn't quite up to the earlier one, but the second part was better. The 'costume' convention, where our hero feels that he and Dolorès are not attracting too much attention, is brilliant.
Reviews were good with critics outvoting audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, which rarely happens.