Director: John Glen
Starring: Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol, Julian Glover
More Info: IMDB
Tagline: Bond Has Everything - James Bond Agent 007 Is Back
Plot: Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.
My Rating: 8/10
Would I watch it again? Yep
After sending Bond into space with MOONRAKER the producers decided to bring Bond back to Earth, so to speak, by creating a more realistic, grounded Bond picture. No one has a plot to take over the world. And for all of that I really like the direction they were taking. There's less humor which I dig.
What I don't dig is Bill Conti's disco score. Barry must've been unavailable but surely they could've done better than Conti. He's got one sliver of a tender moment between Bond and Melina that's great. But that's only a few notes. The rest of the score is obnoxious as hell.
Topol kicks major ass. He should be in every Bond picture. Lynn-Holly Johnson is luscious as the teenage ice-skating Bibi. Mmmmmmm. Bibi.
Kudos to the film makers for trying to bring Bond back to a serious spy story. Too bad the music sucks. Mmmmmmm. Bibi. Mmmmmmmm.
Scorethefilm will return with his thoughts to...
OCTOPUSSY (1983)
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