I'm not a massive fan of Bond films and personally I think they're getting worse and Casino Royale was one of the most boring films I've ever watched but I did like some of them and I was really in the mood for a Bond film yesterday so when choosing one from the whole series up to Golden Eye ... Read review
In Roger Moore's first outing as 007 he investigates the murders of three fellow agents ... more
he soon finds himself a target evading vicious assassins as he closes in on the powerful Kananga (Yaphet Kotto). Known on the streets as "Mr Big" Kananga is c...
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James Bond battles the forces of black magic in this high-octane adventure that hurtles ... more
him from the streets of New York City to Louisiana's bayou country. With charm, wit and deadly assurance, Roger Moore steps in as Agent 007 and takes on a powerful ...
A watch from Swatch's 007 villain collection, this watch represents Baron Samedi from the ... more
film Live And Let Die. This watch features the skeleton design on the dial and the strap, and the skeleton glows in the dark. Has 007 logo on the strap.
Beautiful fortune-telling Solitaire is the prisoner and tool of Mr. Big: master of fear ... more
artist in crime and Voodoo Baron of Death. But James Bond has no time for hocus pocus. He knows that this criminal heavy hitter is also a top SMERSH operative and a real threat. More than that after tracking him through the jazz joints of Harlem to the everglades and on to the Caribbean 007 has realized that Big is one of the most dangerous men he has ever faced.
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Beautiful fortune-telling Solitaire is the prisoner (and tool) of Mr. Big - master of ... more
fear artist in crime and Voodoo Baron of Death. James Bond has no time for superstition - he knows that this criminal heavy hitter is also a top SMERSH operative and a real threat. More than that after tracking him through the jazz joints of Harlem to the everglades and on to the Caribbean 007 has realized that Big is one of the most dangerous men that he has ever faced. And no-one not even the mysterious Solitaire can be sure how their battle of wills is going to end...
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caught between a crime boss and his beautiful slave ...Beautiful fortune-telling Solitaire is the prisoner (and tool) of Mr Big -- master of fear artist in crime and Voodoo Baron of Death. James Bond has no time for superstition -- he knows that Mr Big is also a top SMERSH operative and a real threat. More than that after tracking him through the jazz joints of Harlem to the Everglades and on to the Caribbean 007 has realized that Mr Big is one of the most dangerous men that he has ever faced. And no-one not even the enigmatic Solitaire can be sure how their battle of wills is going to end ...
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Production Year: 2008 - Action/Adventure - Director: Christopher Nolan - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Maggie Gyllenhaal, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine
Production Year: 1977 - Action/Adventure - Director: Clint Eastwood - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney
Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Advantages: Lots of great action scenes and overall great Disadvantages: Bond's a rapist
...to go with my favourite Live and Let Die. Bear in my mind whilst reading this review that I am rather cynical when it comes to James Bond so all praise his high praise
The film starts with the assassinations of three British agents. One is killed by sound in New York, another killed by a bunch of singing and dancing funeral procession in New Orleans and the other by a snake in a voodoo ritual in a Caribbean island called San Monique. ... ...
The theme for Live and Let Die was written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Paul and the Wings. Most people know this song, the frogs sang it in Shrek 3 as well. It is actually a really good Bond them I'm not a Paul McCartney fan but I liked this. There is a weird part that seems a bit out of place where he's singing something like "If you have a job to do you better do it well" but the music is generally quite good ... more
I'm not a massive fan of Bond films and personally I think they're getting worse and Casino Royale was one of the most boring films I've ever watched but I did like some of them and I was really in the mood for a Bond film yesterday so when choosing one from the whole series up to Golden Eye (my aunt won them all years ago and gave them to me) I had to go with my favourite Live and Let Die. Bear in my mind whilst reading this review that I am rather cynical when it comes to James Bond so all praise his high praise
The film starts with the assassinations of three British agents. One is killed by sound in New York, another killed by a bunch of singing and dancing funeral procession in New Orleans and the other by a snake in a voodoo ritual in a Caribbean island called San Monique.
San Monique it turns out is ruled by a dictator called Kananga, he rules by fear. His right hand man lacks a right hand and instead has a mechanical claw and his other partner is called Baron Samedi "the man who cannot die" he is a master of voodoo and scares the islands population. Bond is sent to investigate these goings on and travels to New York and after a botched assassination attempt on him he comes across the haunt of Mr.Big in Harlem. Mr. Big is a drug lord and a very dangerous man who seems to be dealing with Kananga.
Kananga also has one other asset: Solitaire a tarot card reader who tells his future and warns him of dangers. She only has the power as long as she is a virgin and of course as soon as Bond arrives on the island he sees to this and escapes with her. The film then moves on to a series of car chases, boat chases, escapes and traps. There is also a rather important plot revelation which I do not wish to spoil and if you haven't seen this film don't look at IMBd as the very cast list gives away the secret.
This is definitely and by far my favourite Bond film. What makes it great is all the action, it lasts two hours and not long in I wanted to go to the toilet but I could never find an appropriate point to pause it so I never did. Bond has to deal with out of control cars, snakes, crocodiles, sharks, voodoo masters and a whole lot more. We have a great car chase with bind being chased whilst driving an old double decker bus and a 14 minute speed boat chase and I know a lot of people think that this may sound boring but it is actually really, really good and entertaining to watch. The speedboats have to go past a lot of various obstacles and Bond is always trying to think of inventive ways of loosing them. Also on shore we have the Sheriff J. W. and this guy is a hilarious old hick who is angry at the whole affair after his police car is destroyed and provides a lot of comic respite during the chase. His character was so good they brought him back in The Man with the Golden Gun as a tourist in Thailand
It is Roger Moore's first outing as Bond and although he is not my favourite actor to portray Bond he does an excellent job here. He is a cocky Bond awful fond of his double entendres and being very British rather like Connery's portrayal. We have a total of three Bond girls here an insignificant Italian agent in the beginning and then a CIA agent Rosie Carver played by Gloria Hendry a famous blaxploitation actress (of course this film has a lot of blaxploitation elements). Then of course Solitaire played by Jane Seymour who has gone on to star in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman which is actually a very watchable show. I personally think she is one of the best Bond girls of all time because as well as being a very sexy woman she also has an actual role in this film. Sometimes Bond girls can just be a pointless motif they have to use. I do sort of wonder about Bond's technique when it comes to seducing Solitaire I mean he blatantly deceives her into having sex with him I reckon she could have had him prosecuted for rape. I quite like Kananga played by Yaphet Kotto as the villain he's a smooth cool headed character who has a more conventional agenda than most Bond villains and surprisingly the plot has nothing to do with the Cold War. His Hench men Baron Samedi and Tee Hee were also great and memorable and I love the end scene of the film because of them.
A slight problem with this film is that there's no Q. M does deliver a watch to Bond that has a powerful magnet on it and there is gun given to him by Felix (Bond's CIA counterpart) that fires bullets of compressed air that cause for a very funny conclusion in the film. But still a scene with Q would have been nice. Money Penny and M both appear.
The theme for Live and Let Die was written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Paul and the Wings. Most people know this song, the frogs sang it in Shrek 3 as well. It is actually a really good Bond them I'm not a Paul McCartney fan but I liked this. There is a weird part that seems a bit out of place where he's singing something like "If you have a job to do you better do it well" but the music is generally quite good and works really well within the film itself. The opening sequence was also pretty typical of a Bond film with the silhouettes of naked women but it also had these skulls in flames which was rather apt for the whole voodoo theme within the film. There is a scene in the film where a woman sings the song in a bar in Harlem and personally I think her version was better than McCartney's. Add this to the cool Jazz music at the vivacious funerals this film had a brilliant soundtrack
The film was directed by Guy Hamilton who also directed Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever and The Man With The Golden Gun in the Bond series and Funeral in Berlin in the Harry Palmer series amongst other films. I think he done a great job of this film and the directing of the boat chase especially was excellent. There are a few inconsistencies I noticed one being the fact that Felix seems to send Bond unknowingly right next door to the house he's got bugged and knows Dalanaga is in amongst a few others but you can't be to nit picky, it's a Bond film and a darn good one. It did sort of have the usual James Bond annoyances where the bad guy always procrastinates when he captures Bond and never just kills him but I suppose if he killed him it would be a pretty short film.
All in all a brilliant film one that can be watched by all and enjoyed by all as a film on its own as well as a Bond film. I watched it with my 11 year old brother and we both really enjoyed it. I recommend it to anyone and if anyone hasn't seen a Bond film before this is the second one I'd point them to after Dr.No.
One last thing to mention is that this is a Bond film based on an Ian Fleming novel called Live and Let Die as well, rather than by anyone else. Live and Let Die was Flemings second Bond novel after Casino Royale and actually led on from the Casino Royale novel plot. I wondered if Quantom of Solace would therefore be a sort of remake of Live and Let Die but apparently not.
Certification
This film is a PG. Bond makes innuendos children won't really get and apart from that there is some violence and at one point a woman does sat "shit".
Advantages: Erm................good theme tune Disadvantages: Weak acting, story was far fetched at time, bad effects and fight scenes
Well it seems quite strange to say that hubby chose this film as it does not star John Wayne but I have to say I think I would have perhaps preferred him to this drivel I had to endure. Roger Moore takes on the role of 007, James Bond in this film. He is set to uncover the mysterious deaths of 005 and 006 and soon he finds he is tracking a drug lord. He stars off in New York where he is chased and threaten but during this he meets Solitaire, a tarot ... ...things which are about to happen, who he instantly find attractive. Bond soon finds his investigations lead him to Louisiana’s Bayou Country where he uncovers some very powerful men and again he meets Solitaire and vows to help her escape from the Drug Lord. Will Bond be able to save himself from the drug Lord and his men and will he be able to help Solitaire?
Now I know the plot summery which I have been given sound very brief but taking away Bond ...
sewbizzie 29.10.2009
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Advantages: Great Bond film Disadvantages: A little cheesy, nothing major though
...Suave, Roger Moore, to film Live And Let Die, the first of 7 films in which he was to play James Bond.
The Plot
Following the suspicious deaths of three agents, James Bond 007 is sent to New York to infiltrate a heroin-producing ring, where he encounters the mysterious Dr Kananga and Mr. Big. Kananga's henchmen are formidable, with a voodoo master, tarot card reader and a right hand man with a claw instead of a hand! Bond must have his wits about ... ...the drugs lord.
The Cast and Performances
Roger Moore brings a different element to the role of James Bond. While Connery was the ultimate in charm and charisma, Moore is very much the British gentleman, with his suave and debonair approach to wooing the ladies being his attraction. he also makes the role a little more believable by actually struggling in some of the fight sequences. Good job, Mr Moore!
Yaphet Kotto turns in a blinding performance ...
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Advantages: Soundtrack, Story, Moore Disadvantages: none
...unique role of Bond. For Live and Let die, it worked very well. Making live and let die one of the most popular, and my personal favourite Bond film.
MI6 agents have been mysteriously murder in certain locations of the USA. Bond was assigned to investigate into these murders. Starting with the island of San Monique, home of an evil dictator named Dr. Kananga. Bond tries to learn all he can about Kananga but ends up captured, but conveniently meets ... ...Kananga. She has the powers to foresee the future. Bond escapes and follows Kananga and hopes to find Solitaire. Her powers are VERY useful to Kananga, so Bond tries to take her away from him. Bond and Solitaire find fields of poppy seeds- used to make heroin. Kananga hopes to make a fortune from this. The evil Witch-doctor- Baron Samedi protects these fields. Bond is captured once more by Kananga, thus leading to the spectacular boat chase. In a ...
Ice_Blaster 06.10.2001
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Advantages: Great debut for Roger Moore, DVD brimming with extras Disadvantages: No Dolby Digital soundtrack
Live and Let Die marks the first Bond outing for Roger Moore as Britain's favourite secret service agent 007, and what an explosive film it is!
Full of voodoo witchcraft, New Orleans jazz and Tarot cards that always turn up displaying Death! Live and Let Die sees James Bond investigating the death of three MI6 agents. This leads him to the drug lord Mr Big, and the dictator of San Monique, Dr Kananga (who turn out to be the same person). Here Voodoo ... ...truth, as does a Tarot card wielding assistant in the form of Solitaire (Jane Seymour). However, the iron handed TeeHee steals the show, with his attempt to feed Bond to the crocodiles!
The DVD is a sumptuous affair, another in the long line of remastered Bonds that are being produced in chronological order. This shows with the DVD case first. Open it up, and you will find an eight page booklet full of production facts from the film, outlining how ...
peppermint 09.03.2001 (15.03.2001)
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Advantages: Moore at his best Disadvantages: Comedy Deaths
...Saint, Moore had alot to live up to, in the shadow of Connery and the (alleged) mis-casting of Lazenby....he certaintly had to make his mark.
As most who have watched Moore in action will agree he certaintly did that......however, I would add that it probaly was not to everyones tastes.
After several deaths of double o agents form the carribean, the UN and to New Orleans, James Bond is sent on a mission to try and acertain the connection.
This ... ...establish the link between Kananga ( in felix lighters word a two bit island diplomat) and Mr Big who runs a drugs cartel out of a chain of soul food restaurants in new orleans.
It doesnt take James bond long to reallise they are one and the same person...who's grand plan is to dump tons of heroin into the states for free to eliminate the competition and increase the amount of addicts to then make a killing.
With a heavy dose of Voodoo and amzing ...
tom_Ciao 12.07.2004
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stabbed in New Orleans, one being zapped at the UN Building and the last being bitten by a snake in a voodoo ceremony on San Monique..
Cue opening titles. Now in my opinion, these are one of the best examples of the Maurice Binder opening and the theme music being a perfect marriage. Live and LetDie being the opening tune. The credits follow the up and down nature the song and is a shot of pure brilliance from Binder.
After the credits, we get introduced to Bond (Moore). After the death of the last agent in San Monique, M (Bernard Lee) and Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell) visit Bond, early in the morning, at Bonds house. M sends Bond on a mission to New York, to investigate these deaths and the apparent link to Dr Kananga (Kotto), the head of state for San Monique.
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1.77 Wide Screen, 2.35 Wide Screen
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Mono, Dolby Digital Surround 5.1, DTS 5.1 Surround
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In his first turn as James Bond, Roger Moore infiltrates a gang of narcotics smugglers in voodoo-infested Jamaica. His daring exploits lead him on a number of incredible chases.
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