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Without absolute conviction, no action film can survive: if there's no belief, there's no danger.
It is good to see Connery's grave stylishness in this role again. It makes Bond's cynicism and opportunism seem the product of genuine worldliness (and world weariness) as opposed to Roger Moore's mere twirpishness.
After a 12-year hiatus, Sean Connery is back in action as James Bond. The new entry marks something of a retreat from the far-fetched technology of many of the later Bonds in favor of intrigue and romance.
Ah, yes, James, it is good to have you back again.
It's a major disappointment that, having lured back the original 007, the film makers couldn't offer him something better than this drawn-out, hackneyed story.
Boobs, bombs, and Bond galore in epic 007 thriller.
a cheeseball experience with a strange and horrible pedigree
Connery proved plenty fit for one more outing...a likeable but somewhat mediocre adventure handsomely mounted in the traditional Bond style...[Blu-ray]
It's an aging and unenthusiastic Connery who returns to play Bond, who doesn't have the physicality to do justice any more to the demanding muscular role.
Connery was perhaps wise to call it quits the first time round.
Connery has style, if not quite the energy quotient (he was 53 at the time) -- some nifty editing and a redundant dance routine make him look good.
Gone is the excessive gadgetry that mars Bond films, and, as a result, the characters are more prominent and colorful.
Like being trapped in a dream inside twin peaks
The action's good, the photography excellent, the sets decent; but the real clincher is the fact that Bond is once more played by a man with the right stuff.
Brandauer is a great Bond villain, and the role still fits Connery like an old tux.
Aside from some minor flaws, the film is a surprisingly standard Bond film, one that could easily be integrated into the "official" franchise with very few adjustments.
Connery, Brandauer and Kim-sexy!
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