Review of The Adventurer

A very noticeably aged Gene Barry stars as movie star cum secret agent Gene Bradley ( so it's clear who the star it ) in this poorly made 'sequel' to his earlier Amos Burke character. The 1/2 hour format is completely wrong with every episode feeling rushed and spotty. His 'fight' scenes are embarrassingly laughable and even with a stand-in it's obvious he is profoundly incapable of doing the simplest physical stunt. The stories themselves are old-fashioned and dated and his 'amorous' interactions with the cougarish females is enough to make you weep. All in all a poor wind-down to an action style reminiscent of John Steed et al but without the flair or pizazz. Don't waste much time with this one.....you'll be happier with a more modern style.