Advantages: A colourful romp Disadvantages: Lacks a bit of scope
The Man with the Golden Gun was the ninth film in the James Bond franchise and the second outing for actor Roger Moore. It was released in 1974 when the energy crisis was headline news and the United Kingdom still stood a feasible chance of getting a couple of points in the Eurovision Song Contest. The plot of The Man With The Golden Gun involves Francisco Scaramanga, a refined and expensive 'Hitman' with a big reputation. Scaramanga is especially ... ...London a golden bullet with the numbers '007' engraved on it. It's a clear message that he intends to kill James Bond next. Bond had been on the trail of a 'Solex Agitator', a gadget that can harness the power of the sun, but is now ordered to take some leave lest he should be killed by Scaramanga. Bond being Bond though, he decides that he will go and find this Scaramanga character first. Soon, 007 is playing a game of wits with the 'Solex' and ...
arthurpringle 29.05.2008
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Advantages: Digitally Enchanced Picture and Soundtrack Disadvantages: Not enough interesting new extra's.
The Man with the Golden Gun is the 9th Bond film and the second starring Roger Moore. As with his first outing, Moore has a great on screen presence and is clearly well in touch with the role.
The details.
Director:- Guy Hamilton
Main Cast:- Roger Moore (James Bond), Christopher Lee (Scaramanga), Britt Ekland (Agent Goodnight), Maud Adams (Andrea Anders), Herve Villechaize (Nick Nack).
Certificate:- PG
Running Time:- 2 hours.
Disk 1 - The ... ...into one threat. At the beginning of the film, Nick Nack has employed a hitman to kill Scaramanga, therefore inheriting Scaramanga's island retreat and all his money. The hitman is, however unsuccessful and Scaramanga prevails.
After the opening credit's we are presented with the two plots. Bond is called before M (Bernard Lee) and told that the case he is currently working on, to find a missing scientist called Gibson, is re-assigned and that he ...
ninja1701d 17.09.2006
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