Saturday, 13 July 2013

Bond back on planet Earth

For Your Eyes Only (1981)

Directed by John Glen this is the 12th film in the Bond franchise and stars Roger Moore, Julian Glover, Carole Bouquet and Chaim Topol. After a secret British communications devise is lost off the coast of Greece Bond is called in to investigate.

This is a strange entry in the series in that it is pretty forgettable but more down to earth and sensible than some of the other films. Some of the actions sequences are a little long, without real story points driving them and the pre-title sequence is completely out of place which is strange given how willing the series has been to jettison stuff from the books in the past. Overall this is a much more grounded effort than it's predecessor and even has something approaching a dramatic theme which is vastly unusual in the series but still manages to be unremarkable.


3/5

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