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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Man With the Golden Gun

This is one I've come to like a bit more as time goes on.
Roger Moore's second spin as James Bond has a very heavy Asian flavour, with Bond taking to martial arts. The film focuses on Bond and his pursuit of the solex agitator, which is a device that can use the sun's power as a weapon. He also faces off against Christopher Lee's Francico Scaramanga - an assassin better known as the Man With the Golden Gun due to his million dollar contracts.
Britt Ekland plays an attractive Bond girl (Mary Goodnight), who just happens to be Bond's assistant. It has to be said that, for a fellow British agent, she is portrayed as a rather.. stupid character.
As good as Lee is in his role, the film followed Live and Let Die in that it tried to focus too heavily on trying to be funny. While you never want a completely serious, hard-edged Bond, viewers - well, I - don't want the British super spy to become something of a jester.
Great film, too much attempted humour.

Man With the Golden Gun (1974): 125 minutes
Bond Songs: Man With the Golden Gun by Lulu

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