- when
- 13 Apr 2023, 01:00 am
- film
- The Spy Who Loved Me
- blurb
- Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.
thoughts
Fwah this is a banger of a classic Bond film with loads of memorable bits. That Lotus Esprit Bond car and when it turns into a submarine for starters. It has the introduction of Jaws, a henchman that even survived the film. Some great reds vs blues large scale fighting INSIDE a ship and a fun misdirection at the start as to whole the real henchman actually is. Ooh and a submarine escape scene!
Bond straight up murders the villain in a somewhat unrewarding pay off and there is some cringy “man does it better stuff” that looses it a few points. Bond should have got his ass kicked by Agent Triple X.