A grinning Michael Crawford ("Hello, Dolly!") plays Woody Wilkins, a cartoonist whose creations include the title character. He's the most average of Average Joes, and yet his buddy Harry (James Hampton, "Teen Wolf") involves him in a perilous globe-trotting caper in which Woody helps Soviet spy Natalia (Barbara Carrera, "Never Say Never Again") to defect.
More of a light-hearted Disney parody of the espionage genre than anything really resembling a superhero film (Woody's title guise only comes into play twice during the run time), "Condorman" is decent, silly, amiable fun, with lots of explosions and a transforming vehicle worthy of anything James Bond ever drove. The humor is pretty much rooted in the era when this was made, but "Condorman" is good for some mild laughs. Crawford is an endearingly geeky hero, Hampton is solid in support, and the gorgeous, enticing Carrera is a worthy component, as always. Co-starring are Oliver Reed ("The Four Musketeers") as the KGB agent villain, Jean-Pierre Kalfon ("Saint-Cyr") as a Russian goon, and Dana Elcar ("The Sting") as a C. I. A. Officer.
"Condorman" does get a definite boost from its international locales, and the rousing Henry Mancini score. To let you know that it's never supposed to be taken all that seriously, it features some very comical "wipes" between shots.
Six out of 10.
More of a light-hearted Disney parody of the espionage genre than anything really resembling a superhero film (Woody's title guise only comes into play twice during the run time), "Condorman" is decent, silly, amiable fun, with lots of explosions and a transforming vehicle worthy of anything James Bond ever drove. The humor is pretty much rooted in the era when this was made, but "Condorman" is good for some mild laughs. Crawford is an endearingly geeky hero, Hampton is solid in support, and the gorgeous, enticing Carrera is a worthy component, as always. Co-starring are Oliver Reed ("The Four Musketeers") as the KGB agent villain, Jean-Pierre Kalfon ("Saint-Cyr") as a Russian goon, and Dana Elcar ("The Sting") as a C. I. A. Officer.
"Condorman" does get a definite boost from its international locales, and the rousing Henry Mancini score. To let you know that it's never supposed to be taken all that seriously, it features some very comical "wipes" between shots.
Six out of 10.