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Man With the Golden Gun, The (1974) - James Bond Ultimate Collection Vol. 1


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One and 1/2 out of Five

Movie

Rating: PG
Length: 125 minutes

Video

Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)

Audio

ENGLISH: DTS 5.1
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
ENGLISH: Mono
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1

Captions

English, French, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Thai

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Plot

There is an admirer and assassin (Lee) gunning for Bond (Moore) and Bond is out to stop him. At least that's what we're led to believe in the beginning. From there it only gets worse.

Pros

The ladies are lovely as always and Lee is an excellent choice for the "bad guy".

Cons

There are a lot of things bad about this film; plot, acting, unusually bad humor (who thought it was a great idea to bring back the Bayou Sheriff from "Live and Let Die"?), a boring villain, dull chase scenes and an always annoying Hervé Villechaize.

Extras

  • Mission Dossier
    • Audio Commentary Featuring Sir Roger Moore
    • Audio Commentary Featuring Director Guy Hamilton and Members of the Cast and Crew
    • Inside "The Man With the Golden Gun": An Original Documentary
    • Double-O Stuntmen: A Look at the Greatest Stunts and Stunt Performers in the Bond Films
  • Declassified: M16 Vault
    • Roger Moore and Hervé Villechaize: The Russell Harty Show
    • On Location With "The Man With the Golden Gun"
    • Guy Hamilton: The Director Speaks
    • Girls Fighting
    • American Thrill Show Stunt Film
    • The Road to Bond: Stunt Co-ordinator W.J. Milligan Jr.
  • Ministry of Propaganda
    • Original Trailers
    • TV Spots
    • Radio Communications
  • 007 Mission Control: Interactive Guide into the World of "The Man With the Golden Gun"

Recommendation

The enhanced video and audio couldn't save this movie. It's sad that they wasted having Christopher Lee as a villain by giving him such a lousy role to play. This is definitely one of the worst Bond movies made thus far; "The World Is Not Enough" does come close.

Director

Actors

Maud Adams - Andrea Anders
[Octopussy]
James Cossins - Colthorpe
Britt Ekland - Mary Goodnight
[The Wicker Man (1973)]
Clifton James - Sheriff J.W. Pepper
[Cool Hand Luke, Live and Let Die, Superman II]
Yiu Lam Chan - Chula
Marc Lawrence - Rodney
[From Dusk Till Dawn, Gotti]
Bernard Lee - M
[Diamonds are Forever, Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The Spy Who Loved Me, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice]
Christopher Lee - Francisco Scaramanga
[The Golden Compass, LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring/The Two Towers/Return of the King, Satanic Rights of Dracula, Sleepy Hollow, Star Wars Episode II/III, Tale of the Mummy, Wicker Man (1973)]
Desmond Llewelyn - Q
[A View to a Kill, Diamonds Are Forever, For Your Eyes Only, GoldenEye, Goldfinger, Licence to Kill, The Living Daylights, Moonraker, Octopussy, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The Spy Who Loved Me, Thunderball, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, You Only Live Twice]
Richard Loo - Hai Fat
Marne Maitland - Lazar
[Trail of the Pink Panther]
Lois Maxwell - Miss Moneypenny
[A View to a Kill, Diamonds are Forever, Dr. No, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, The Haunting (1963), Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Octopussy, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The Spy Who Loved Me, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice]
Roger Moore - James Bond
[A View to a Kill, For Your Eyes Only, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Octopussy, The Spy Who Loved Me]
Soon-Tek Oh - Lieutenant Hip
[The Final Countdown]
Hervé Villechaize - Nick Nack

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