You Only Live Twice Movie Review
You Only Live Twice Review
"You Only Live Twice" Overview
Rating: PG
1967
Cast and Crew
Director : Lewis GilbertProducer : Albert R. Broccoli,Harry Saltzman
Screenwiter : Roald Dahl
Starring : Sean Connery,Akiko Wakabayashi,Mie Hama,Tetsuro Tamba,Teru Shimada,Karin Dor,Donald Pleasence,Bernard Lee,Lois Maxwell,Desmond Llewelyn
One of Bond's bigger outings from the early days of the franchise, You Only
Live Twice begins with Bond (Sean Connery) faking his death to relieve himself
of some of the heat of his enemies and culminates with a showdown against
nemesis Blofeld (the progenitor of Dr. Evil) in a phony volcanic lair/rocket
base being invaded by ninjas, which are on Bond's side. Blofeld's plot is
hijacking spaceships while they're in orbit... for unclear purposes. Got all
that? The plot itself is protracting and quite confusing for a Bond film,
ultimately just a distraction from one of Bond's most memorable adventures,
complete with Q arriving with a helicopter in a box. Tons of fun, really, and
Donald Pleasence as Blofeld is inimitable.
Bond #5.
Reviewer: Christopher Null
