Most Bond films have a 15-minute segment in which Bond senses a trap, but intentionally walks into the trap in order to learn what he is up against. The Double Man expands that 15-minute segment into a feature length film, with all the details of how and why the trap is being set. Yul Brynner plays a cold, brooding spy, decades before Daniel Craig would give James Bond a similar characterization.
The Double Man is an enjoyable ride down the Alps, but don't get drawn into those plot holes that make you lose an edge. Alas, if director Franklin Schaffner could only have found a Bond-like swimming pool scene for Britt Ekland, the movie's rating would have been much higher.
The Double Man is an enjoyable ride down the Alps, but don't get drawn into those plot holes that make you lose an edge. Alas, if director Franklin Schaffner could only have found a Bond-like swimming pool scene for Britt Ekland, the movie's rating would have been much higher.