Wednesday, June 28, 2023

The Next Man (1976)

An interesting premise though the film does rather plod a long a bit too slowly.

The new secretary of state of Saudi Arabia Khalil (Sean Connery) - the minister's Scottish accent is unexplained - has a controversial new plan. He wants Israel to join OPEC so the Arab world can make peace with them. He also wants to sell OPEC oil cheaply to Third World nations. For some reason or other this makes him rather unpopular and the attempts to assassinate him begin.

The Palestinians hire top assassin Nicole (Cornelia Sharpe) to seduce Khalil and prepare to kill him. Unfortunately for the bad guys Nicole falls in love with Khalil which throws the plans into chaos...

The execution is too flawed in this film unfortunately which is a shame because the premise is great. Somehow a film involving international intrigue and assassins ends up being rather slow and dreary.