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And so 007 follows up his Moonraker mission with an
infinitely better storyline, villain and leading lady.
The woman in question is Carole Bouquet, who turns out to
be one of the best offsiders Roger Moore has had in the Bond
role. She's drop-dead gorgeous, intelligent, a dab hand with
a crossbow and, after witnessing the murder of her parents,
is extremely vindictive.
Apparently Cubby Broccoli wanted to bring Bond back to Earth
after his space antics and the team working on For Your
Eyes Only did just that.
It is stunt heaven with a huge array of dangerous pieces
of action including hanging on to a helicopter, dropping down
a giant chimney stack, climbing cliffs, being shredded by
coral, avoiding being eaten by sharks and a car chase that
has to be a Bond classic.
Not only does Bond have to rely upon his own ingenuity more
than gadgets, he also shows the harder edge of his character
when he kills a killer by tipping his car off a cliff. Moore
was reticent to commit such cold-blooded murder, but it was
decided to remind people of the murderous side of the agent.
But, there's a lot of humour in For Your Eyes Only
to balance the tough stuff and that includes Bond having to
escape a gang of killers in a 2CV, down narrow mountain roads
and through olive groves.
For Your Eyes Only is a really good Bond adventure
that will keep you interested all the way through and it has
one of the best title songs of the series. Onya Sheena.
Conclusion: Movie 85%, Extras 85%
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