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Saturday, April 17, 2021

Secret Weapons (1985)

Set in the Soviet Union, a young girl (Linda Hamilton) from a small village is recruited by the KGB as an English translator. However, when she reports for training, it soon becomes clear that she is being groomed to be a spy for the KGB and expected to seduce American officials and businessmen to obtain information. Loosely based on the non fiction book  SEXPIONAGE: THE EXPLOITATION OF SEX BY SOVIET INTELLIGENCE by David Lewis and directed by Don Taylor (DAMIEN: OMEN II). This tawdry exploitation film was made for television so it doesn't get the chance to to go all the way so it's not as much lurid fun as it should be. It wants to titillate us without going softcore. It takes itself much too seriously to be "camp". The actors acquit themselves nicely with Sally Kellerman as the hard nosed head of the spy school standing above the pack. The cast includes Geena Davis (whose character suddenly disappears without any explanation), Viveca Lindfors, James Franciscus, Christopher Atkins, Barrie Ingham and Hunt Block.  

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