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  • 37 of 37 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 Timbo3107

    Member since 14/10/2006

    Reviews written: 264

    3 Stars Connery Returns as OO7 For The Final Time 17/03/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Connery is back!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Its a remake of Thunderball.

    It was a glorious time 1983, in fact 1983 was a momentous year in cinema for a Bond fan, as not one but two Bond films were released; Octopussy with Roger Moore and Never Say Never Again with Sean Connery. I went twice to see Bond! The media labelled it as the Battle of the Bonds and this meant straight away that there was going to be a winner and loser, with Connery's entry being the unofficial rival meant that the odds were very much stacked against him. With Albert R Broccoli still producing the official franchise with Moore in the lead as 007, it came as some surprise that a rival company ... more
  • 94 of 94 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 6 darkangelwing

    Member since 21/02/2005

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    3 Stars You Only Live Thrice 02/02/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Sean Connery still has a fountain of charisma ; Great Villain ; A much better Felix Leighter than the original ; Much more humour than usual Connery offerings

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Sean Connery looks dated ; A tired 80's re-make of the classic Thunderball film ; Farfetched plot ; Poor Bond girls ; Practically every notable element of the Bond saga is absent

    The one that didn't make the official James Bond collection, yes that would be a rather more apt label, rather than a re-make of the highest grossing Bond film. Never Say Never Again was in fact Sean Connery's seventh and final Bond film which equaled the record of Roger Moore. Funnily enough the title couldn't be more apt, after the poor box office showing of Diamonds Are Forever and his age, Sean Connery did say when the question was put to him, will he play the Bond role again, 'Never Again' being his reply. It seems bitterly ironic that in 1983 it was released at almost the same time as ... more
  • 32 of 32 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 6 dadmancat

    Member since 27/07/2000

    Reviews written: 170

    2 Stars Where Other Bonds End... 18/08/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages The return of John Barry with a sumptuous score

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Infantile rubbish

    ...this one begins, apparently. Not since the mid 60s has Bond seemed so popular. Even the tepid and tedious 'Die Another Day' cleaned up at the box office where previously audiences would have voted with their feet at anything below Bond par. It seems timely then to have a quick refresher course on the 007 franchise and its release on DVD. The discs will get one further outing in November 2003 before being withdrawn until 2005 with all new 5.1/DTS soundtracks, and maybe even some updated extras. Why start with 1979's 'Moonraker'? Well, at least this way you get the rot out of the way to begin ... more
  • 32 of 33 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 6 TheNeil

    Member since 03/10/2000

    Reviews written: 231

    2 Stars No No 7...and a plastic horsey 02/08/2001
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages See review

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    Sometimes things sound really good on paper. Sometimes the very idea of something just appeals. So when the Sean Connery opts to return to his career making role, what Bond fan could not fail to get excited? Added to the fact that it based on the same Fleming novel as Thunderball and we should have a belter of a film. The dastardly SPECTRE have managed to hijack two atomic warheads. The authorities don't know how but they certainly know why: Money. In return for not destroying oil production, SPECTRE demands payment of 25% of each countries oil budget. The clock is running and there's only one ... more
  • 7 of 8 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    5 Stars Moonraker - Has Jaws eaten all the extras? 17/04/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great fun to watch, despite the absurdity of it all. At last, we have Dolby 5.1 coding.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Lots of extras, but far less than the other Bond discs!

    Here I am with another review from the Bond-fans dream come true - remastered DVD versions of the Bond series. And this time it's the turn of Moonraker, placing us firmly in the middle of Moore's overlong reign as the saviour of Britain. The Roger Moore Bonds could be fitted into one of two camps: they were either good, solid action movies, with a great plot, spectacular stunts and a subtle alluring mix of humour and style. Examples of this would include The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only and Live and Let Die. Or they were ridiculous. Way over the top humour, Moore raising his eyebrows ... more
  • 9 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    3 Stars Never say never again 27/06/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages it is bond

    Disadvantages Disadvantages weak ending

    This is an unofficial Bond movie (as in not an MGM film) Which is an attept at a remake of 'Thunderball'. The name comes from the fact that after Connery made 'Diamonds are Forver' he said he would never play Bond again. This is an entertaining film but do not expect the James Bond experience. Just in the same way that Roger Moore , arguably shouldn't have done 'A View To A Kill' I really don't think Connery should have done this film. Whilst for many Connery will be the definitive Bond, and he certainly played him exceptionally well in the first five official films, this performance somewhat ... more
  • 6 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 2 Xcom

    Member since 23/09/2000

    Reviews written: 55

    2 Stars Never Say Never Again 31/05/2001
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages none

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    Sean Connery returns as the superspy James Bond - what a shame!! Ok first the story ... Two atomic bombs are stolen by terrorists and its Bonds job to get them back. Ummm - that's it actually!! Sean Connery was desperate to make this film and reprise his role as James Bond. The film itself is a remake of Thunderball - even down to Bond being attacked at a health spa. So the plot is pretty thin - what about everything else? The acting is OK - Kim Bassinger is the love interest. The action is OK but there are no big action sequences that we have come to expect from a Bond movie. Why is that ... more
  • 4 of 11 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 Jake_Speed

    Member since 10/03/2007

    Reviews written: 179

    3 Stars Muddled but fun 10/06/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Sean Connery, locales

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Lack of spectacle

    At the age of 53 Sean Connery returned to the role of James Bond one more time in this 'unofficial' 007 flick produced by Kevin McClory. Directed by Irvin Kershner (The Empire Strikes Back) Never Say Never Again is entertaining but suffers from a modest budget and the Bond staples that are sadly unavailable here such as the James Bond music and the kitsch title sequences that are such campy fun in the 'official' series. Connery is self-deprecating and fun and the film has an excellent cast but suffers from a muddled script and a lack of spectacle. It will however certainly appeal to James Bond ... more
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