Touches You

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

"Kommissar X - Jagd auf Unbekannt" or "Kiss Kiss... Kill Kill" is a co-production between Germany and some other countries from Europe that resulted in this 90-minute German-language film from 1966, so this film had its 50th anniversary last year already. right now it seems more difficult to find a German-language version than an English dub. The director and one of the writers who adapted the highly prolific Paul Alfred Müller's novel here was Gianfranco Parolini, still alive today, but long retired. This is actually the very first of several Kommissar X films from back then starring Tony Kendall. During that time Germany was mostly known for Edgar Wallace and Winnetou, but these films add another long-running series. Those obviously were linked closely to James Bond with the Fort Know reference in here even , that was a major component in the film Goldfinger from briefly before. But I was never sure what this film we have here was trying to be: an authentic spy movie, or just basically a spoof of one of the biggest film franchises from all times. Maybe a mix of both. And as such, it was not necessarily working. At least not as much as I hoped it would. There are moments that feel as if they could really be taken from a Bond film, like the bantering or these powerful women soldiers, but it just wasn't enough. and honestly, besides that, the comedy (very common back then in German films, also serious ones actually like the two franchises I mentioned) was working even less. A truly underwhelming film as a whole and I genuinely hope they managed to step things up for the sequels. Otherwise, I believe they should not have been made. Watch something else instead.

The first in a series of German imitation-Bond films made in the mid-60's, "Kiss Kiss Kill Kill" (now there's a catchy and descriptive title for you!) is rather confusing and meandering in its first half, and at least on the first viewing some plot details are not clear at all. It improves in the second half, when most of the action gets confined inside the villain's underground headquarters located on a remote island, and on the whole it ranks as one of the most enjoyable Bond knockoffs of its time. The basic model here is clearly "Goldfinger", from the playfight between the hero (Tony Kendall, looking a bit like Connery) and a Pussy Galore-type tough "bad" girl who knows judo and leads a female army (though here they are brainwashed via injections), but can't resist him and turns "good", to the more serious fight between the hero and the No. 1 henchman while the clock to an explosion is ticking. "Kiss Kiss Kill Kill" obviously does not have the budget of the James Bond films, but it does have its own charm, and there is a spectacular shot near the end when the camera stays focused on an explosion until the "cloud" completely dissolves. Maria Perschy is beautiful. The English dubbing is excellent. (**1/2)

MASTER PLAN: corner the gold market. Probably the most successful of the cheap European James Bond copies, with quite a few sequels. The hero (played by Kendall), detective Walker, resembles Sean Connery, especially when in a suit and hat, recalling the "Dr.No" days, and is more-or-less partnered with a police captain (muscular Brad Harris). The two buddies have a very healthy competition and the captain is more inclined to arrest Walker than fight alongside him at times. The plot involves the mystery of a couple of crime lords getting blown up; there are four top gangsters in all and it becomes obvious that one of them has decided to dissolve their partnership. The tone of the movie is quite cheerful throughout, almost carefree, with Walker very sure of himself and his way with the ladies, though he doesn't have all that much success, either in love or the chasing/gun battles. The film even spells out what franchise it's copying, with references to author Ian Fleming in the dialog. The first half of the film drags a little.The copycat approach becomes very blatant in the 2nd half, when it switches to the master villain's secret base and becomes, essentially, a remake of Dr.No's 2nd half and "Goldfinger." As with many such action spy thrillers, the 1st half is a standard detective story and the 2nd becomes a sci-fi adventure. As in "Goldfinger," there's a private army of female soldiers, as well as the villain's preoccupation with, you guessed it - gold. One scene is a direct rip-off of James Bond's confrontation/seduction scene with Pussy Galore, followed by a sudden rebellion by all the females - I guess Walker does have a certain charm, after all. The production values aren't too bad in this climactic section and there's actually a minor sense of grandeur by this point, recalling Dr.No's finale, though the villain's demise is a bit lame. The next Kommissar adventure was "So Darling,So Deadly." Heroes:6 Villain:5 Femme Fatales:6 Henchmen:5 Fights:5 Stunts/Chases:5 Gadgets:3 Auto:3 Locations:6 Pace:6 overall:5

This film has it all, a cool badguy, an even cooler hero (tony kendall) and alot of cool figts!This italian james bond rip off is maybe even better than the orginal james bond!I gave it 8/10