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Few would argue that the Man with the Golden Gun is the silliest of all James Bond films (Casino Royale excepted). With the return type of Sheriff JW Pepper (Clifton Davis) to the ridiculous martial arts fight where two schoolgirls best scores (a Bond stands and looks amused), a 007 adventure consistently skirts self-parody. Nevertheless, after the dreariness of Live and Let Die, on an optimistic change-of-pace renovation. And, while the million-dollar-a-shot hitman Scaramanga (Christopher Lee) is not a typical Bond villain, he is closer than any of the previous film.

This is the second outing Roger Moore as Bond (film and ninth in the series), and although it has yet to be fully developed into a role (that will not happen until at Spy Who Loved Me), it is more convenient than here in Live and Let Die, showing signs of the unique qualifications. All regular supporting players back: the humorless M (Bernard Lee), the crust Q (Desmond Llewelyn), and all-fidelity Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell, are beginning to look too old to engage in playful sex jokes with Bond).

Man with the Golden Gun has two parallel plots, which ultimately linked into one. The main story is Bond ace hitman trying to find an elusive assassin Scaramanga to fire bullets with “007″ on it. Meanwhile, Scaramanga and British authorities in the implementation of one of the essential components for solar energy converter. Hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, since he who builds this converter will have carte blanche when solar energy is concerned. (Keep in mind that this film was released in razgar’70 s in the energy crisis, when in the world to seek alternative energy methods being.)

Christopher Lee committed a bad guy in the Hammer horror films (he always monster opposite Peter Cushing in the hero), infuses Scaramanga with sinister demeanor. Indeed, although Man with the Golden Gun is crowded campiness, Lee has never been involved. Scaramanga is played straight: an egotistical hermit who kills for sport and harbors a secret admiration 007.

There are two Bond girls: Britt Ekland as Mary Goodnight, 007 in the inept assistant, and Maud Adams as Andrea, Scaramanga in MRS. Herve Villechaize ( “Airplane! Airplane!”) Is located at the hands of Nick Nack, the right man Scaramanga. Shortly Taik Oh Hip is, the bonds in the local context (this film in the role of Felix Leiter). Clifton James encore pretends as buffoon JW Pepper, this time on vacation in the Far East. He joins Bond in one of the best films of sequences, spectacular car chase that ends Scaramanga literally flew away.

Rarely does Man with the Golden Gun take anything seriously. Mary Goodnight is a failure, as they come. Pepper and Nick Nack are cartoonish. There are more jokes per minute than any other Bond film. Even John Barry points in less serious than usual, and the opening song ridiculous. Despite this, and despite the excessively prolonged exodus, it was interesting to me that, if a movie was all going to end, “Man with the Golden Gun is still fun. It is about as far from the vision of Ian Fleming superspy filmed as interpreters when receive any, but for those who expect the world, quite incredibly, escapism, this film makes her part. Yes, it is a weak entry in the series, but it very well, very stupid things here to keep it from the absolute bottom. Man with the Golden Arms is certainly not worth $ 1 million, but that’s OK for the price of a video rental.

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