Amazon.com: Roger Moore was nearing the end of his reign as James Bond when he made Octopussy, and he looks a little worn out. But the movie itself infuses some new blood into the old franchise, with a frisky pace and a pair of sturdy villains. Maud Adams--who'd also been in the Bond outing The Man with the Golden Gun--plays the improbably named Octopussy, while old smoothie Louis Jourdan is her crafty partner in crime. There's an island populated only by women, plus a fantastic sequence with a hand-to-hand fight that happens on a plane--and on top of a plane. The film even has an extra emotional punch, since this time out 007 is not only following the orders of Her Majesty's Secret Service, but he is also exacting a personal revenge: a fellow double-0 agent has been killed. Two Bond films were actually released in 1983 within a few months of each other, as Octopussy was followed by Sean Connery's comeback in Never Say Never Again. The success of both pictures proved that there was still plenty of mileage left in the old license to kill, though Moore had one more workout--A View to a Kill--before hanging it up. And that title? The franchise had already used up the titles to Ian Fleming's novels, so Octopussy was taken from a lesser-known Fleming short story. --Robert Horton
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Classic James Bond! Roger Moore was heading toward the end of his James Bond days but he had the energy to pull another thriller for moviegoers and for those fans who caught this on DVD! Maud Adams and Louis Jourdan played their roles in quite a convincing fashion.Thrills and excitement await you with "Octopussy"!
Great Movie Roger Moore is the more effeminate, campy, and harder to believe James Bond, but at the same time he has a humor, style, and elegance that Dalton and Craig just don't possess.
Moore's films were far more true to Ian Flemming and the entire spirit of Bond, but Ian Fleming probably never would have imagined his cold war spy/lady killer would evolve into so many movies and even go so far as to have Craig be 007 at the beginning of his career.
So you go from a 1950's viewpoint of spying in the cold war where pen lights and silencers were high tech to Craig's Bond of 2005+ with computers, cell phones, different first loves, and shaken, not stirred is a scorned phrase.
The good thing is if you like Spy films and 007, there should be a Bond that suit's your fancy. I'm sure moving from Sean Connery to Moore was seen as a farce and disaster as well.
Roger still has it! Hey, 007 fans, look out! This is a big one for Roger Moore fans who were excited by the abilities of the Bond producers, who steered away from the "out-of-this-world" 007 adventures of the past, in order to return to more basic spy & espionage flicks like "For Your Eyes Only". Moore looks great here, and plays Bond with more wit, style and seriousness than the last one. This Bond might be even more superb than "Eyes Only", in that it moves faster, and carries more tension. Bond is sent to another fantastic locale; reminiscent of the past great 007 adventures, yet retains the more serious and earthly atmosphere the filmmakers wished to take the series in. Sent there to follow the trail of a beautiful Faberge egg, which resulted in the death of a fellow British agent, Bond comes into contact with all kinds of brand-new villians; the first being Kamal Khan, a mean Afgan prince, who enjoys making Bond squeamish by sucking on sheeps eyes infront of him, played with cool determination by veteran actor Louis Jordan. The other is the mysterious character of Octopussy, played by a seductive Maud Adams. In her we are not sure if our favorite hero spy is destined for liability or love as she heads an International Circus and smuggling ring along side Kamal Kahn and his evil henchmen. Adams brings to life not just another Bond girl, but one with whom we can identify. Her's is a strong, yet sensual inspiration for Bond to follow. From the first time her name is spoken, we are soon treated to some interesting battles and and chases with numerous Indian thugs and goons; as well as some lovely encounters with Far-Eastern, beautiful, Bond babes! There is a special documentary about James Bond in India, which runs a bit long, but is a great tool for giving beginning filmmakers insight into how they shot those nice scenes in India. From there, the film leaps into some serious action as Bond follows the scent of Octopussy, Kamal Kahn and an insane Russain general bent on causing Soviet invasion in the West. The best parts of Octopussy follow with more lightning-fast action from speeding trains, a great bomb-threat sequence at a U.S. Air Force base in West Germany and the ultimate invasion of Kahn's fortress by the Octopussy girls and Bond. Perhaps one of the greatest stunt fights of all the Bond's occurs when Bond steals a ride ontop of a plane and dukes it out with Khan's henchman Gobinda! The digital 5.1 Audio restoration plays awesome on my Blue-ray, but it is almost equal to a regular disc player. If you haven't seen many Roger Moore Bonds yet, this one ranks as one of his best, and definately exemplifies Moore's better acting credits. He also almost has a bit of the neat "Saint" quality (Moore's pre-Bond televison series) here. The humor with which he infused to most of his Bond films is here a bit more, but it is also his added seriousness which compliments the more dangerous aspect of the stunts, the action and the storyline. This is no weak Bond film. So if you want a really good Moore-Bond film, or just a strong entry into the 007 cannon, get Octopussy, and be ready for action and excitement!
9 years later and I finally understand... Even when I was just discovering the Bond movies in 2000, I had never found Octopussy to be even remotely interesting, due to the fact that it had a ridiculous plot. And more importantly, it was my first Bond movie. I watched it 3 times and got extremely bored towards the end.
Octopussy, as redundant and annoying as its title, runs 133 minutes, 45 of which consist of plot setting up. As for the "plot", it completely rips off Indiana Jones. The location in India is pretty fascinating, but that's where the fascination stops. Moore plays a sweaty and tired Bond here, and toward the end, we're left rolling our eyes and scratching our heads. As for the ending showdown on the plane... ridiculous and over the top. There IS a reason For Your Eyes Only's opening scene was ridiculous, but here it just is never pulled off.
What gives this 2 stars and not one is the Indian location and the music score. Absolutely fantastic, this may have some of the best music in 007 history, and yes I even liked the opening theme a lot. But otherwise, unless you are planning on owning all of the ultimate editions, buy it for the special features, and that only. Not the stinker that is Octopussy.
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