"Kommissar X - Drei gelbe Katzen" or "Death Is Nimble, Death Is Quick" (you can see the English-language poster here on imdb) is an Austrian/French/Italian (approximately) 90-minute movie from 1966, so this one is already over half a century old, and it is a German-language film. The age means that most of the people working on this one are gone now for good, but director Rudolf Zehetgruber, who also adapted the novel this is based on is still alive in his 90s now. This is one of many Kommissar X films with the name including a number (3) followed by a color and a species of animals and actually among the more known I'd say judging from the number of votings here on imdb. The cast includes international actors, many actually, but also Germans. And I can totally see why so many people are comparing this/these movies to Bond films that were of course already highly popular during that time. But yeah, it really is just a poor man's version. The good thins is it has color, but that's pretty much it. The characters are nothing special, the story is relatively shallow and never really gets you in the genre. And in terms of the protagonist, this film shows exactly how not to do it. Bond may be a bit vain, but he is always somewhat likable and you cheer for him. This main character here feels only arrogant in my opinion and I couldn't care less what happens / doesn't happen to him. Then the girls: They picked generically 2 of them, one dark-haired, one with blonde hair and as the main character cannto really decide between them, it is such a simple approach that no matter what you like as an audience, your choice would be one of them. But they are both extremely forgettable. Admittedly that one big hunky antagonist was an okay addition from the physical perspective, but he also brought his dose of cringe with the suicide scene and honestly he was constantly scared and running away and his big spectaculat martial arts scene near the end was such a letdown. They built him up so in a certain way and then he gets beaten up like a school kid. Embarrassing stuff really. If this film had at least failed with its own ideas, but it is just a Bond copycat with everything you could imagine going wrong and a severe lack of talent all around. You definitely wanna skip this one and judging from the quality here, I doubt I will check out another Kommissar X film in the near future. I suggest you do the same and watch som,ething else instead. Also the occasional shots at comedy were a flash in the pan at best. Oh yeah I also did not really see the Indy Jones reference some have been making, Bond at all kinds of locations is the usual too.
