This was an interesting movie.
The good: plenty of good looking people in the cast. Hard to argue against Pier Angeli, Cyd Charisse, Yvonne De Carlo, Ricardo Montalban, Jose Greco etc. The photography is beautiful, with full and lively colors. The two major dance sequences are quite good (although, as for the Charisse dance, bizarrely placed). And for what I believe is an American production, doesn't push the insensitive envelope too much.
The not-so-good: I'll go back to the Charisse dance. I sure didn't see that one coming. It literally seemed like the producers said, "Hey, Cyd Charisse is in the picture, let's make sure she dances, even if there's no reason why she really should." The pace of the film died off considerably over the second half (a couple of dramatic scenes just took too long). And it's really weird, as always, to watch fight sequences from back in the day. I believe one man literally jumped up and was caught by another guy on his "attack". Something that could only be pulled off in a spoof.
Personally, though, I'm not going to pass up a movie with Cyd Charisse in it, 'cause she's dreamy, and a hell of a dancer. I vote 6.
The good: plenty of good looking people in the cast. Hard to argue against Pier Angeli, Cyd Charisse, Yvonne De Carlo, Ricardo Montalban, Jose Greco etc. The photography is beautiful, with full and lively colors. The two major dance sequences are quite good (although, as for the Charisse dance, bizarrely placed). And for what I believe is an American production, doesn't push the insensitive envelope too much.
The not-so-good: I'll go back to the Charisse dance. I sure didn't see that one coming. It literally seemed like the producers said, "Hey, Cyd Charisse is in the picture, let's make sure she dances, even if there's no reason why she really should." The pace of the film died off considerably over the second half (a couple of dramatic scenes just took too long). And it's really weird, as always, to watch fight sequences from back in the day. I believe one man literally jumped up and was caught by another guy on his "attack". Something that could only be pulled off in a spoof.
Personally, though, I'm not going to pass up a movie with Cyd Charisse in it, 'cause she's dreamy, and a hell of a dancer. I vote 6.