
Without a doubt, there's a mole in the secret Intelligence and Counter Espionage agency. Right after the successful launch of the first state-of-the-art USAF flying saucer, the powerful tractor beam of a nefarious criminal organisation forces the experimental vessel to crash-land in the lush Central-American jungles. As a result, having no recollection of the mysterious incident, the amnesiac test pilot, Sheila Sommers, will have to join forces with the spy extraordinaire and... (Full plot summary below)
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Without a doubt, there's a mole in the secret Intelligence and Counter Espionage agency. Right after the successful launch of the first state-of-the-art USAF flying saucer, the powerful tractor beam of a nefarious criminal organisation forces the experimental vessel to crash-land in the lush Central-American jungles. As a result, having no recollection of the mysterious incident, the amnesiac test pilot, Sheila Sommers, will have to join forces with the spy extraordinaire and suave photographer, Matt Helm, and travel to sun-kissed Acapulco to shed light on this thorny case. Nevertheless, their luxurious Mexican resort is rife with deadly traps and crafty double-agents, bent on stopping the prying intruders. Will Matt and Sheila unearth the dangerous conspiracy? Can they retrieve the top-secret spacecraft?
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| User ReviewEduardo C"You know what happens to people who get caught in an electromagnetic field? They DIE!" Love the 60s sci-fi-spy cheese. Love the awful awful double entendres. Love the hydromechanical servo valve beer lifting suits. Love the sweet purple boots. Love the sweet lime green boots. Love the sweet orange over-the-knee boots. Love the Get Smart-y villain. Love his house full of titty paintings. Love the Fez-wearing baddie (Silly spies, never trust a man in a fez on a plane.) Love his baby blue Mustang. Love when the woman says, "But Maaaatt," and it sounds like, "But Maaaaax." Way better than The Silencers. If only Dean Martin were, like, actually attractive. I gots to respect Matt's lilac pants and matching lilac shoes, though. |
| User ReviewPaul COne if the best films I remember as a kid |
| User ReviewBill TThe Ambushers is a fascinating product for its' time. Dean Martin stars as Matt Helm, an obvious James Bond knockoff but with a lascivious superhero, played by Dean Martin. Dean-o had his fans back in '67, had the whole rat pack mystique backing him up (which deserves some study) and so he could get away with this. The plot, being as it is, finds Helm on the hunt for a missing flying saucer kidnapped by a South American ruler. It's up to Helm, and oh yes, the female ex-pilot, to get the space ship back. Did I tell you half of this movie involves ogling 60's babes in out there fashions? Yeah, so while Martin leads us on the plot, he also leads us into Babedom. Hubba. |
| User ReviewJeremy Slike a low budget Bond but still campy fun |
| User ReviewCJ CI adore these Dean Martin/Spy flicks!! So, soooo funny (& so much better then those 007 flicks lol.) See The WRECKING CREW & THE SILENCERS. |
| User ReviewGrant SThe first movie in the Matt Helm series, The Silencers, was a decent James Bond spoof, and good fun. This falls short of that mark, seeming to just go through the motions with no fresh ideas. Avoid this, watch The Silencers instead. |
| User ReviewPaul DThis third outing for Martin as agent Matt Helm is a real turkey. The plot is awful, the jokes thiner than paper and there was nothing special about any of the effects. The constant pumping soundtrack behind everything gets annoying after a while as well. It's hard to believe they actually made another one after this. |