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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!

Film ClipStarring: 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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