Opening
Sequence
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On
a small passenger plane, Bond punches man in sunglasses, throws
him out of plane, then gets thrown out of plane without a parachute...
Bond
catches up with the guy thrown out before him, gets his parachute,
then Jaws (from previous movie The Spy Who Loved Me) comes to attack
in similar way. But Jaws fails to get Bond's parachute and falls
into circus big top which then collapses...
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Short
plot summary |
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A
space shuttle, on loan from NASA, goes missing in California desert.
Bond goes to Drax Corporation to investigate.
Cuts
to Venice - Bond finds the words 'Venn Glass' on piece of paper
so he goes into Venini Glass. Bond finds a laboratory which is dealing
with lethal gases, but, when Bond takes his bosses to show them,
everything has gone and Drax is there to greet them. Eeeek.
Cut
to Rio. Drax is freighting stuff out of there - cue cable car fight
with Jaws.
Bond
and his accomplice (Holly Goodhead - (Yea baby, yea!)) are caught
and are put in the flamey path of the Space Shuttle rockets - The
Space Shuttle blasts off into space, driven by Drax, but our heroes
have escaped in time.... Cut to them chasing in another space shuttle
going to space station...!
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Please
tell me the ending.
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Drax
is trying to build a master race in space. Our heroes stop him.
Jaws now happy with girlfriend, helps them escape in another Space
Shuttle...
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What
our panel of critics thought
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"This
movie was awful. I had to get my TV set cleaned for grease after
watching it."
"Rarely
has a bad-guy wearing sunglasses been better bested by a British
secret service agent on the big screen, and yet his sunglasses did
not break. A triumph of sunglass-jujitsu."
"Now,
had I got a piece of paper with Venn glass on I would not bother
going into Venini Glass as they are spelt differently (I certainly
wouldn't have gone to Venice to go to the shop) is this why I am
not a secret service agent?"
"Another
boat chase, this time in Venice. Sigh..."
"By
far the most unlikely Bond for a while. A series of spectacular
fights and altercations, none of which make much sense if you think
about it."
"So,
that's what a President's Suite looks like... Tell me, do Motel
6 do one of those? I'd like to try it on my modest budget at least
once before I die.
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Super
Greasey Quotable quotes (real)
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Shop
assistant: "Could I interest you in something?"
Bond:
"I'm tempted to say yes immediately, but I had better look
around."
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Other comments |
One
of the worst Bond movies. A truly irritating, greasy, Bond, and
a story which does not make any sense (where did they get that other
Space Shuttle from to go chase Drax)? One to avoid.
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