Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Danger: Diabolik (1968)


IMDb plot summary: International man of mystery Diabolik and his sensuous lover Eva Kant pull off heist after heist, all while European cops led by Inspector Ginko and envious mobsters led by Ralph Valmont are closing in on them.
Directed by Mario Bava. Starring John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli, and Adolfo Celi.

This is easily more entertaining than Barbarella, the other De Laurentiis-produced film I've seen from 1968. It is beyond ridiculous and the ending scene made me laugh out loud, but it is enjoyably zany. This was apparently the final episode of MST3K before its 2010s revival, and this is definitely one that would be fun to riff. An engaging B-movie.

How it entered my Flickchart:
Danger: Diabolik < The Devil Wears Prada
Danger: Diabolik > The Motorcycle Diaries
Danger: Diabolik < Julie & Julia
Danger: Diabolik < My Best Friend's Wedding
Danger: Diabolik < The Children's Hour
Danger: Diabolik > Night at the Museum
Danger: Diabolik < Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Danger: Diabolik < The First Wives Club
Danger: Diabolik < Bad Moms
Danger: Diabolik > Withnail & I
Danger: Diabolik < Batman Begins
Final spot: #2314 out of 3157.

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