To cannibalize my own reference to it in the review I wrote for Mario Bava's DANGER: DIABOLIK (1968),this is "a homage to the European style of film-making circa 1970": while pretty interesting in itself (particularly its behind-the-scenes look at a lowbrow sci-fi picture),the film unwisely also tries to recapture the feel of an art-house flick by having its wannabe film-maker editor shoot an autobiographical film in cine-verite' style; however, this section is pretentious and fairly boring - as opposed to the charm and sheer nostalgia of the sci-fi/espionage ambiance!

The film has two sequences lifted directly from DANGER: DIABOLIK: the shower scene and the one where the leading lady is covered in bank notes; however, there's another obvious link to that film in the presence of its star John Phillip Law! That said, the sci-fi heroine (called Dragonfly and played by the stunning Angela Lindvall) here actually recalls the Jane Fonda of BARBARELLA (1968)!

It also boasts a number of larger-than-life characters (in fact, several established or up-and-coming stars of European cinema are featured) with a background of cinema, which at times is a bit much - as this threatens to turn the whole into a Felliniesque extravaganza! Still, it does have a major asset in Dean Tavoularis' stylish production design (particularly that for the invented sci-fi scenario).

From the nepotism capitol of the world comes another junk flick in a fancy wrapper. "CQ" tells a lame, disjointed mess of a story which is little more than a bunch of silly caricatures, a babe, and straight man Davies running around trying to make a stupid sci-fi flick. I can't think of any reason anyone would want to spend time with this ridiculous attempt at film making. (D)

20 August 2006. This little quirky movie has some nice odd elements to it, an almost romantic fantasy. It's difficult to sort out whether the movie is intentionally bad or is actually good or bad, like a modern dance - it's difficult sometimes to find a mis-step. Nevertheless, unlike many such movie attempts and parodies, this movie like Barbarella (1968) it has a sort of strange disorienting charm and has at least a decent movie within a movie sequence. There are attempted cinematic experiments going on with this movie, many work, but overall, it does fail to maintain a solid, consistent Clockwork Orange (1971) quality. Seven out of Ten Stars.