Kill a Dragon DVD Review: Don’t Train It; Kill it!
Aside from the drugs, music, political unrest, and sex, the ‘60s were perhaps best known for the persona of the swingin’ secret agent type of feller — a guise that men around the world dreamt of living up to, and filmmakers were keen to cash in on. Once Sean Connery stepped into the shoes of James Bond 007, it opened the floodgates for other actors to try to invoke his particular manner of inimitable elegance, intimidation, and sex appeal. And the men who auditioned were many: Cary Grant, Dean Martin, Michael Caine, Rod Taylor, David Niven, James Coburn — and those were just the guys on the big screen. [Read the rest at Cinema Sentries.]
