Did these guys know editing had been invented when they shot this? Some euro spy bond knockoffs can be quite fun, but this is one of the worst. Worse than bond not just at the things bond is good at but even at the things bond is bad at. It manages to make explosions of all things feel dull. I've also never seen a movie so fond of finding excuses to slap women, and I've watched plenty of the more misogynist films of this era. FX-18 finds a way to tick just about every box of being weird about women- portraying as childlike, enjoying touching them without consent, mocking the idea of any sort of agency or role beyond the man's love interest.
