| Never Say Never Again
				(1983), 
				Director: Irvin Kershner, rated PG 
				If you haven't seen Sean 
				Connery in 'Never Say Never Again' then you haven't seen James 
				Bond 007! 
				
				  Starring: 
				Sean Connery, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow, Barbara 
				Carrera, Kim Basinger, Bernie Casey, Alec McCowen, Edward Fox, 
				Pamela Salem, Rowan Atkinson, Pat Roach 
				DML Rating: 
				★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 
				- good 
				"It can never be the same 
				playing with blanks. It is somewhat different in the field. With 
				your life on the line... your adrenaline gives you an edge." -
				James Bond 
				Why watch this? 
				Connery's back... and the heaven's rejoiced, well, for one film 
				anyway. 
				Plot Summary: 
				An aging James Bond is called out of retirement when the SPECTRE 
				organization, under the leadership of Blofeld, steals two 
				nuclear warheads and threatens to detonate them unless a massive 
				ransom is paid. Bond must follow the trail to the villainous 
				Maximillian Largo and a deadly assassin named Fatima Blush. Dad's Preview: 
				As Roger Moore's Bond films grew sillier and more overstuffed, I 
				welcomed this unexpected return of Connery to the Ian Fleming 
				mythos. This film is lean on special effects, and wonderfully 
				loaded with action, femme fatales and devious villains. In many 
				ways it reminds me of the film that started it all, 
				Dr. No (1962), 
				and that's a good thing. Sir Sean Connery plays Bond as a mature 
				man with wit, charm and no propensity for bullshit. That's my 
				Bond, and I'm sticking to it. 
				 Jack Schwartzman; 
				Warner Bros.
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