Never Say Never Again

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Liam D after rewatching Thunderball earlier this year and being kinda let down, I prefer Never say Never Again. Sean Connery gives his best performance as Bond since Goldfinger and the plot is a lot less boring Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/30/25 Full Review Obi-wan K Mid pacing Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/28/25 Full Review Jelisije J Even though this is a remake of Thunderball its still has its own unique look and feel that actually is better than other James Bond flicks. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/03/24 Full Review Gerald H way better than octopussy, hands down. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/20/24 Full Review Jolin S This is definitely worth watching, especially if you’re a true Bond fanatic. I bought the DVD to complete my Bond collection. Yes Sean is an older Bond and yes it doesn’t have all the official Bond trimmings but if you can see through that the movie is still very entertaining. So I hope you give it a whirl. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/09/24 Full Review DanTheMan 2 Never Say Never Again isn't a bad film because it's not an official Bond production, it's just a horrendous film in its own right. In case you were blissfully unaware, this is a remake of Thunderball only made possible due to a long-standing legal issue between Kevin McClory and Ian Flemming over a lack of story credit for an undeveloped screenplay turned novel. McClory had a myriad of talents at his disposal to create his Bond film, instead, he chose to waste them all in a film that only serves to try and one up its contemporaries rather than daring to do anything inventive with the material. The production chaos is visible on screen, with frequently mediocre editing, direction that looks like Irvin Kershner nodded off in the director's chair, lacklustre action and bland photography all emerging from the restricted budget. At the time, Never Say Never Again got away with it, thanks to public and critical pleasure at seeing Connery again. Nowadays, it's dated, slow and worst of all, looks cheap, faring badly even compared to the poorest of the Eon films. Connery gives off a half-decent performance here, probably because it was a good payday although Barbara Carrera as Fatima Blush is the real highlight, the rest of the film wastes its rather well-cast roles. The brilliant Max von Sydow gets nothing to do as Blofeld, confined to a meeting room for the entire runtime, Klaus Maria Brandauer as Largo is just a perv seemingly bored of his scheme and one who'd rather be playing video games while Kim Basinger is completely miscast as Domino. The only other noteworthy roles are poor Rowan Atkinson and Alec McCowen who make an impression but are barely even in the film. Propped up by a hokey, nonsensical script and an absolutely atrocious musical score by Michel Legrand, it's hard to recommend Never Say Never Again to anyone other than the most desperate among us. It's worth a look for the novelty but don't be surprised when you end up finding an ugly, lazy and cynical cash grab instead. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 04/23/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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