JohnHowardReid This colorful, sub-Bond thriller offers several points of interest, not the least of which are the very stylish costumes, modeled here by some very attractive fillies indeed! But we are also treated to lavishly appointed sets and delightfully exotic locations, both presented in most attractive color photography. In addition, the film has a toe- tapping music theme obviously also derived from you-know-where. It's almost needless to say that the performances themselves also rely on our familiarity with Bond. And in addition to these familiar faces and the toe-tapping musical theme, are constant screenplay reference to Connery's brother. Now this does get a bit tedious. But on the whole, acting and dubbing are generally more than okay. And the direction is spot on. Remember, folks, always specify "Lois" when you say "Maxwell"!

Uriah43 When a secret agent returning with vital information is killed the younger brother of James Bond, who goes by the name of "Dr. Neil Connery" (Neil Connery) is recruited to help the British Secret Service find out what is going on. During the course of his investigation he meets a beautiful assassin named "Maya Rafis" (Daniela Bianchi) who essentially leads him to a criminal organization led by two men named "Alpha" (Anthony Dawson) and "Beta" (Adolfo Celi) with plans to blackmail the richest and most powerful governments in the world. Now as far as this film is concerned I must confess that I had never heard of this particular James Bond clone until recently when I discovered it under the title of "The New Spy vs. Divided Evil". I was also delightfully surprised to find that it had a couple of characters who regularly appeared in previous James Bond films (specifically Lois Maxwell and Bernard Lee) and who essentially reprised their roles but under different names. Likewise, both Daniela Bianchi and Adolfo Celi have also appeared in certain James Bond films as well. Unfortunately, this movie lacked the depth and sophistication normally expected of a James Bond movie and as a result it proved to be greatly inferior to them. As a matter of fact, the only thing of any interest was the performance of Daniela Bianchi who clearly dominated every scene she was in. Even so, she couldn't save this movie from its cheap and shallow format and as a result I have to rate this film accordingly. Slightly below average.

Jonathon Dabell A legendary Bond rip-off/spoof starring Neil Connery (brother of Sean, no less), Operation Kid Brother is a horrendous mess. In the book The Films Of Sean Connery by Lee Pfeiffer and Philip Lisa, the authors briefly discuss Sean's opinion of the film. According to them: "Sean angrily denounced the film, stating 'Neil is a plasterer, not an actor. Still, they put him in a film over in Rome – gave him the lead, too! It's a typical example of the way some people do things. It doesn't matter whether the person can act or not. What matters is one happens to be one's brother'". One could be forgiven for wondering if Sean was afraid his brother might go on to bigger and better things, hence his angry reaction to the movie. However, a quick look at Operation Kid Brother quickly reveals that Sean had nothing to fear – Neil is no actor, and the film itself is shockingly bad.Mr Thayer (Adolfo Celi), number two in the evil crime syndicate Thanatos, is plotting to cripple the balance of world power by using a device which will render useless all technology with moving metal components. The British Secret Service are unable to assign their best man to the job, so they hire his brother Dr Connery (Neil Connery) - a plastic surgeon who dabbles in hypnosis, archery and lip-reading (!) - to tackle the assignment. During his globe-trotting adventures, Dr Connery meets gorgeous enemy agent Maya (Daniela Bianchi) who works for Thanatos. She soon switches sides when she learns that Thayer intends to kill her once her usefulness is spent. After various adventures, Connery tracks down the villains to a grand castle outside Munich, beneath which takes place a final battle between the good guys and bad guys in a maze of caverns.If it sounds like the plot of Operation Kid Brother makes little sense, that's because it doesn't. The film unfolds more like a series of haphazard set pieces than a coherent story. There's action, glamour, gadgets, beautiful girls, double crosses, violent death and a whole lot more. The problem is that none of it holds together in the slightest – every scene is undone by sloppy ineptitude of one kind or another, whether it be ludicrous dialogue or amateurish acting or just plain shoddy filming. There are a few positives in the film – such as the amusing score by Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai, and the curiosity value of seeing Lois Maxwell (Miss Moneypenny in the 007 series, here referred to simply as Miss Maxwell) indulging in some machine-gun wielding action. But the film is so poor overall that these scant positives do not make it worth watching. For Bond completists and aficionados of terrible movies only!

HerMrBubbles I Mean Come On People! It's One Of The Most Shameless Ripoffs In Film History! Although The Reason Why I Gave This Movie A 5 Was Because I Actually Got To See This Movie On A Sunday Afternoon When A TV Station First Started Out When I Was About 11 Years Old. Me My Brothers And A Few Of The Neighborhood Kids Sat And Started Watching The Movie And Heckled It Within In About Ten Minutes Of The Credits YOU Have To Make The Movie Enjoyable! If You Don't You'll Want Your 90 Minutes Back. When I Seen This Movie On MST3K Almost Ten Years Later I Called And Brother And EVERY Scene We Heckled And Riffed Back Then Was The Same Ones THEY Did! It Was Actually Kiiiiiiiinda Creepy. If You Think This Is Rip Off Of 007 It's SUPPOSED To Be! That's What Makes It So Funny! The Lines Are Some Of The Worst I've Seen In A Long Time But Hey To Each Their Own....Hypnotic Plastic Surgeon...Who Knew?