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After years of enduring Roger Moore in the role of James Bond, it was good to have Sean Connery back in 1983 for Never Say Never Again, a one-time-only trip down 007's memory lane. Connery's Bond, a bit of a dinosaur in the British secret service at (then) 52, is still in demand during times of crisis. Sadly, the film is not very good. In this rehash of Thunderball, Bond is pitted against a worthy underwater villain (Klaus Maria Brandauer); and while the requisite Bond Girls include beauties Kim Basinger and Barbara Carrera, they can't save the movie. The script has several truly dumb passages, among them a (gasp) video-game duel between 007 and his nemesis that now looks utterly anachronistic. For Connery fans, however, this widescreen print of the Irvin Kershner (The Empire Strikes Back) film is a chance to say a final goodbye to a perfect marriage of actor and character. --Tom Keogh
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DVD 9
English
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Original Theatrical Trailer
Featurette
English
DVD 9
English
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital Surround English
Dolby Digital Surround
Original Theatrical Trailer
Featurette
English
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Connery said never again but gave his fans another chance...,
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This review is from: Never Say Never Again [Blu-ray] [1983] [US Import] (Blu-ray)
WARNING. This region A blu-ray disc has been coded differently to every other region A blu-ray disc I've encountered so far. It unfortunately would NOT play on my all region blu-ray player, giving the message that it required a region A ONLY player. I have played many region A blu-ray discs on my player, but for some strange reason, this one must have been coded differently to stop overseas buyers from enjoying this movie.
As for the film, it's not Sean's best Bond but but it is highly entertaining anyway.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good remake and a welcome return for Connery,
By NoWireHangers (Sweden) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Never Say Never Again [DVD] [1983] (DVD)
I know many fellow Bond fans disagree, but I always thought "Thunderball" was the weakest of Connery's Bond movies. So, it was the perfect candidate for a remake, and for copyright reasons, that's just what Never Say Never Again is. And it's a welcome return for Connery as Bond.
Being made by different producers, the movie doesn't have the classic gun barrel sequence or the Maurice Binder opening credits, but it still feels like a bona fide James Bond movie, much thanks to great locations, fun gadgets and Klaus Maria Brandauer's great villain. My main problem with Thunderball is the sleep inducing underwater sequences. Even though this movie is just as long as Thunderball, the underwater sequences are shorter, and there's more excitement before the climactic scenes (I actually enjoyed the admittedly very dated video game scene). So I'm going to be blasphemous and say I actually enjoy this movie more than Thunderball. It's a fun movie, and a must see for all Bond fans.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Unofficial Bond...,
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This review is from: Never Say Never Again [DVD] [1983] (DVD)
For starters it perhaps best to point out that Roger Moore, due to my age, is "my" James Bond of choice. Although Goldeneye was the first Bond film I saw at the cinema, Roger Moore's films were the first I saw. Therefore although I would agree that Sean Connery was a major part in some of the best films in the series (my particular favourite being Fron Russia With Love) I don't approach this film with some revence that the "real" James Bond is back in action. In fact if anything my slight antipathy towards Connery (for reasons including, but not limited to, his seeming disdain over the years towards the film series that made him famous - although lets face it, when money talked he made two returns to the role) makes me slightly biased against this from the offest. After all it can only be seen as a money making exercise for a star who's career was suffering from a downturn in the early 1980's.
Yet there are certain things to admire about this film. Connery does indeed seem to be having a whale of a time reprising the role and the idea that his Bond is an aging man coming out of retirement (as opposed to the "official" Bond movies that preceded this (Octopussy) and followed it (A View To A Kill) where it is faintly ridiculous that Roger Moore is STILL running around as a spy at this age) is a good one, even if that promising premise is largely ignored once it's been set up. There are also some amusing, dare I say it Moore-esque, quips from Bond and a winning turn from Edward Fox. Sadly that's where the positives, for me anyway, end. The production problems that plagued the set are obvious throughout the film as is the low-budget ethos. Indeed you only need to compare it to the film it is a remake of (Thunderball) to see that. Fatima Blush is no Fiona Volpe and Kim Basigner's Domino isn't a match for Claudine Auger's (although an argument could, could, be made to say that Maximillian Largo is a slight improvement on Emilio Largo from the original). It's not THE worst Bond ever (I'd rather watch this than the risible Die Another Day) but not even the sight of Sean Connery returning for one last time to the role that he made famous (and indeed the role that made him famous) can overcome the low-budget cheap aroma that surrounds the picture. One for completists (and Connery fanatics) only.
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