Monica Vitti stars as the title character--an international girl of adventure. The UK hires her to help them with some problem--though no one is exactly sure who or what is the threat. Periodically, the camera cuts to Dirk Bogarde with a goofy white superman wig. You assume he's the baddie....but none of this seems to make much sense. As I sit here and watch "Modesty Blaise", I find my attention waning-- mostly because this seems like a film made without a script. I keep watching and hoping that it will all make sense but sadly it does not. Instead of a comprehensible plot, you're left with nice costumes, lots of color and not much else. An incomprehensible mess of a film I wanted to like. After all, a female James Bond-like character is an idea with a lot of promise. Unfortunately, it just doesn't deliver and looks more like a film made completely by fashion designers, not filmmakers.
Review of Modesty Blaise
