The joy of a great Bond movie is the way it pushes the limits of believability -- and knows when to stop. Octopussy fails.
Octopussy (1983)
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Reviews Counted:32
Fresh:15
Rotten:17
Average Rating:5.3/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 11 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Agent 007 is as daring as ever in OCTOPUSSY: the 13th installment in the James Bond series. When fellow secret serviceman Agent 009 is murdered over a treasured Faberge egg, the British... Agent 007 is as daring as ever in OCTOPUSSY: the 13th installment in the James Bond series. When fellow secret serviceman Agent 009 is murdered over a treasured Faberge egg, the British intelligence sends James Bond (Roger Moore) to investigate. Bond follows the egg to India after it is put up for auction and bought by the wealthy prince Kamal Khan (Louis Jourdan). There he meets the enigmatic and beautiful circus leader, Octopussy (Maud Adams) and discovers that Khan and the maniacal Russian General Orlov (Steven Berkoff) plan to cripple Western Europe with a nuclear explosion and incite a world war. As indicated by its risqué title, OCTOPUSSY is one of the most licentious of the Bond films. Complete with the standard Bond components (sleazy one liners and deafening explosions) it overflows with sexual innuendoes. Maud Adams is the most alluring Bond of starlets to date. Her titillating performance as OCTOPUSSY inspired sexual fantasies in an entire generation of moviegoers. Having worked on a number of Bond films as an editor and director, John Glen insures a Bond film which is pleasing to both the cinematic aesthete and the Bond fanatic. Bordering on the realm of high art, OCTOPUSSY is a cinematic masterpiece. [More]
Starring: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Douglas Wilmer
Starring: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Douglas Wilmer, Lois Maxwell, Robert Brown, Kristine Wayborn
Director: John Glen
Director: John Glen
Screenwriter: George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum
Producer: Michael G. Wilson, Albert R. Broccoli
Composer: John Barry
Reviews for Octopussy
One for the die hards. The saving grace here is a knowing sense of humour so lacking in its predecessor, For Your Eyes Only.
The action sequences are tighter, the visual gags more inventive, and if the plot is no great shakes, the whole thing is served up with a decent approximation to the old panache.
There's a fine line between wit and absurdity, and this particular movie too often falls on the wrong side.
Makes no pretense of being based on anything except the Ian Fleming character and the high good humor and wit of the film makers.
Bond had degenerated into a male model, and something of a genial anachronism.
Glen's willingness to give the action sequences a certain weight and seriousness produces some genuinely exciting moments, yet his work is everywhere undermined by the flatness of the characterizations and the uncertain architecture of the plot.
It’s popcorn movie making at its most fundamental level, executed with a sense of fun and a minimum of bombast.
Film's high points are the spectaccular aerial stuntwork marking both the pre-credits teaser and extremely dangerous-looking climax.
May satisfy die hard Bond fans, but won't work for anyone else. Among the franchise's weakest efforts.
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