After reviewing 2004's My Name is Modesty and listening to two Modesty Blaise radio adventures, I decided to take a look at the 1966 film, in spite of its bad reputation. The premise and core plot ...
First, it’s important to get the name straight, as they do in Joseph Losey’s 1966 movie: it’s not “blezz” (as in “Blaise Pascal”), it’s “blaze” (as in beware). “Modesty Blaise” is based on a comic ...