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Thrilling, exotic, fun, sexy..., March 6, 2008
Bond is sent after the Solex Agitator - a device which can harness the power of the sun. He teams up with agent Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland) against Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee) - The Man with the Golden Gun. The action culminates in a duel between the two men.
The issue of energy was of big concern at the time of the energy crisis of 1973-1974, when this movie was filmed, caused by Arab manipulation of oil supply and prices, in the wake of the Arab agression of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
This is everything a James bond thriller is meant to be, lots of riveting action, and humour, sexy girls galore, and exotic locations.
The gadgets were quite ingenious for the early 70s, Britt Ekland was extremely cute and sexy as Mary Goodnight, one of the hottest Bond girls
The others being Solitaire (Jane Seymour) in Live and Let Die, Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach) in The Spy Who Loved Me, Honey Rider (Ursula Andress) in Dr No, Kissy Suzuki (Mie Hama) in You Only Live Twice, Bibi Dahl ( Lynn-Holly Johnson) in For Your Eyes Only, Stacey Sutton (Tanya Roberts) in A View to a Kill, Kara Milovy (Maryam d'Abo) in The Living Daylights, Pam Bouvier (CArey Lowell) in Licence to Kill, and Jinx (Haile Berrie) in Die Another Day.
My favourite parts were when Bond stole the golden bullet charm from belly-dancing Lebanese temptress Saida (Carmen du Sautoy) in Beirut, and she cries 'I've lost my charm'. Bond quips 'Not from where I'm standing you haven't'.
The other scene where were Lieutenant Hip's (Soon-Tek Oh) nieces show their karate experise after they beat up Hai Fat's (Richard Loo) gang of goons.
Christopher Lee was one of the best villains in the series artfully portraying the psychopathic assassin Francisco Scaramanga, and his creepy midget henchman Nick Nack (Hervé Villechaize) combined the perfect combination of comedy and sinister wiles.
The action and intrigue takes Bond from Beirut to Macao, Hong Kong and Thailand.
All in all a classic action adventure of the series and one of the best.
Still as thrilling for audiences today as it was in 1974.
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Thrilling, exotic, fun, sexy...
Bond is sent after the Solex Agitator - a device which can harness the power of the sun. He teams up with agent Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland) against Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee) - The Man with the Golden Gun. The action culminates in a duel between the two men.
The issue of energy was of big concern at the time of the energy crisis of 1973-1974, when this movie was filmed, caused by Arab manipulation of oil supply and prices, in the wake of the Arab agression of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
This is everything a James bond thriller is meant to be, lots of riveting action, and humour, sexy girls galore, and exotic locations.
The gadgets were quite ingenious for the early 70s, Britt Ekland was extremely cute and sexy as Mary Goodnight, one of the hottest Bond girls
The others being Solitaire (Jane Seymour) in Live and Let Die, Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach) in The Spy Who Loved Me, Honey Rider (Ursula Andress) in Dr No, Kissy Suzuki (Mie Hama) in You Only Live Twice, Bibi Dahl ( Lynn-Holly Johnson) in For Your Eyes Only, Stacey Sutton (Tanya Roberts) in A View to a Kill, Kara Milovy (Maryam d'Abo) in The Living Daylights, Pam Bouvier (CArey Lowell) in Licence to Kill, and Jinx (Haile Berrie) in Die Another Day.
My favourite parts were when Bond stole the golden bullet charm from belly-dancing Lebanese temptress Saida (Carmen du Sautoy) in Beirut, and she cries 'I've lost my charm'. Bond quips 'Not from where I'm standing you haven't'.
The other scene where were Lieutenant Hip's (Soon-Tek Oh) nieces show their karate experise after they beat up Hai Fat's (Richard Loo) gang of goons.
Christopher Lee was one of the best villains in the series artfully portraying the psychopathic assassin Francisco Scaramanga, and his creepy midget henchman Nick Nack (Hervé Villechaize) combined the perfect combination of comedy and sinister wiles.
The action and intrigue takes Bond from Beirut to Macao, Hong Kong and Thailand.
All in all a classic action adventure of the series and one of the best.
Still as thrilling for audiences today as it was in 1974.
Gary Selikow
March 6, 2008
- Overall: 5
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