Octopussy (1983)

Preceded by: For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Followed by: Never Say Never Again (1983)*

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	Directed by: John Glen	COUNTRY UK/USA GENRE Spy/Action NORWEGIAN TITLE Octopussy RUNNING TIME 131 minutes
	Produced by: Albert R. Broccoli
	Written by: George MacDonald Fraser Richard Maibaum Michael G. Wilson
	Based on James Bond by: Ian Fleming

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
James Bond	Roger Moore	½
Octopussy	Maud Adams	½
Kamal Khan	Louis Jourdan	½
Magda	Kristina Wayborn
Gobinda	Kabir Bedi
General Orlov	Steven Berkoff
Vijay	Vijay Amritraj	½
Mischka	David Meyer	-
Grischka	Anthony Meyer	-
Jim Fanning	Douglas Wilmer	-
Q	Desmon Llewelyn	-
M	Robert Brown	-
General Gogol	Walter Gotell	-
Miss Moneypenny	Lois Maxwell	-
Minister of Defence Frederick Gray	Geoffrey Keen	-
Sadruddin	Albert Moses	-
Soviet Chairman	Paul Hardwick	-

Review

One of the more enjoyable entries in Roger Moore’s later tenure as 007. This one has an organic feel and villains which are fairly proportionally scaled, which makes the movie inviting despite its obvious sillinesses. Maud Adams makes for something of a layered Bond villain in the title role. And she's also quite believable as Moore's mistress. The action is spearheaded by a couple of brilliant, high-flying sequences which are enthralling in all their pre-CGI stupendousness. They make you forget the sluggish fistfights which make up the rest of the action. An interesting detail is that among Q's gadgets this time is a forerunner for the modern smartwatch, an innovative little thingy from Seiko. The theme song, "All Time High" sung by Rita Coolidge, is the lowest-charting among all Bond songs to date.