The Man with the Golden Gun Movie Review
The Man with the Golden Gun Review
"The Man with the Golden Gun" Overview

Rating: PG
1974
Cast and Crew
Director : Guy HamiltonProducer : Albert R. Broccoli,Harry Saltzman
Screenwiter : Richard Maibaum,Tom Mankiewicz
Starring : Roger Moore,Christopher Lee,Britt Ekland,Maud Adams,Hervé Villechaize,Clifton James
Christopher Lee always makes for an exceptional video. It's just too bad that
it had to be in The Man with the Golden Gun, which ranks as one of James Bond's
more absurd outings, involving a maniacal genius (Lee) who's assassinating
folks and has Bond next on his list. Bond thus goes after this Scaramanga and
uncovers the usual mega-weapon plot, this time featuring... wait for it...
solar power. The theme song by Lulu (sample lyrics: "Love is required/Whenever
he's hired/He comes just before the kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiill") is original and
a great example of high camp, much like the rest of the film. It's all gaudily
good, right down to Hervé Villechaize(!), bikini-clad Britt Ekland, and the
inimitable Clifton James as the vacationing Sheriff J.W. Pepper (introduced in
Live and Let Die), who tags along for a bit.
Bond #9.
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Review by Christopher Null
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