The movie was very exciting and as always Bond(James Moore) excellent. The leading actress wonderful plus the costars as well. The second disk shows how and where the movie was made and what cities they used. Also the Bond set at Hollywood for the mine setting was incredible. The sound, set crew did an excellent job. That movie will keep you on your toes! Please take the time to look at the second disk too.

In order to maintain the 'One Good, One Bad, One Good, One Bad' pattern you need to consider "Never Say Never Again" as part of the system, with it slotting in right after "Octopussy". Both EON Films and Bond Fanbois® will object to this, but can get knotted as this is my pattern, not theirs. This is the film than clinched it for Roger Moore: he would do no more. One can see why by looking at the number of gadgets (Lord knows), the number of international locations (4 if you count England), and the preposterous behaviour of a villain who not only doesn't care about the welfare of his crew of workmen, but actively murders them en masse with a machine gun seemingly for the sheer excitement of the thing. Can't say I blame Zorin for doing it: they were all going to drown anyway, so he's doing them a favour by killing them quickly. Still, think of the expense of the ammo! Besides, he's already blowing a hole in the ground which triggers the San Andreas Fault and floods a massive area around San Francisco Bay and on into Silicon Valley (for not much of an end-benefit than cornering the market for supplying microchips to the world, so why doesn't he simply purchase most of Taiwan?) during which millions will be drowned or have all their worldly possessions destroyed. so how much more "eeeeeevil" does he have to be made to appear? Tanya Roberts, as "Stacey Sutton", is saddled with the single-worst Bond Girl to ever be created; helpless, hopeless, and brainless. She is the precise opposite of Dinah Rigg's character, in that Miss Sutton never once is able to defend or protect herself, constant whining "James! Don't leave me! Jaaames!!" It's all I could do to refrain from screaming "No! Leave her behind in the burning building! You'll be better off, trust me!" Given she's the evil henchman's dogsbody, Grace Jone's "May Day" is a far better Bond Girl in the end than Miss Sutton is, actually doing things and helping along the plot, as opposed to wearing heels, screaming for help, and generally getting in the way. There's two things that makes this film work for me in a small way: Patrick McNee (ace!) and — here's the bit where I become unique — Grace Jones. I happen to think Ms Jones is sexy. When saying this, many people look at me as though I've just suggested that 'gnawing off one's own leg for recreation is wizard!' and rapidly change the subject. None the less, I happen to find the lady attractive. The fight on the bridge at the end makes me hold my breath and wriggle around in discomfort, but I'm acrophobic, so this also might cause people to worry about my judgment. So... ultimately this isn't all that damned good, but isn't as awful as it might be. It's pretty damned close, though. It's probably the worst of Roger Moore's outings, and certainly is the reason people threw up their hands and declared Bond is nothing but toys and boffing.