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While many seem to despise NSNA, it is in fact a rather enjoable movie - accepting the known storyline - and miles ahead of Roger Moore's Octopussy, which came out half-a-year before.
The delight if this film is, you guessed it, Connery returning as 007, who oozes charisma and machismo and proofs that - even at over 50 - he was born to be Bond. But he is not on his own, actingwise, for he has an able cast by his side: Klaus Maria Brandauer makes the fiendish Largo one of the most down-to-earth, yet multi-layered villains of the franchise, Barbara Carrera is camping it up wonderfully as the extremely extroverted SPECTRE-killer Fatima Blush and Kim Basinger fleshes out her damsel-in-distress-character enough so that there's bit more to her than her bikini-shape. Bit-parts by the likes of Edward Fox and Max von Sydow add the the classy ensemble.
As proven by Empire Strikes Back, Irivin Kershner knows how to handle big-scale action-fare with a human element. But here is where some of the problems start: NSNA just simply doesn't feel big enough, the prodution design is utterly mediocre - some seets look like the canteen of British-Leyland-factory. The touch of Eon-maestros Ken Adam or Peter Lamont is badly missed, as is John Barry's music - Michel Legrand's effort is terribly uneven and dreadful in places (the song - eek!).
Apart from these niggles this is one of the best Bonds of the franchise's weakest decade. Solid action, a wonderful sense of humour (screenwriter Lorenzo Semple, Jr. also wrote the genius Adam West/Burt Ward Batman movie) and, how can I forget, the best Bond of all times do not make this a classic, but worthwhile enough.
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