James Bond 007 – Der Spion, der mich liebte (1977)

James Bond 007 – Der Spion, der mich liebte: Directed by Lewis Gilbert. With Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens, Richard Kiel. James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. agent whose lover he killed.

“With Roger Moore making the part his own by this; his third bond film, Albert R. Broccoli had to come up with a strong action-packed epic, if they were to attract audiences that had been spoilt rotten by u0026#39;Star Warsu0026#39; the same year.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026#39;The Spy Who Loved Meu0026#39; offers no new scenarios, in fact you could easily dissect each key scene and match it to something thatu0026#39;s been done before. Thereu0026#39;s an underwater battle like the one in u0026#39;Thunderballu0026#39; a ski chase not too dissimilar to the one in u0026#39;Her Majestyu0026#39;s…u0026#39; and even the final big shoot out is not unlike the one in u0026#39;You Only Live Twiceu0026#39; which was also directed by Lewis Gilbert. However u0026#39;The Spy Who Loved meu0026#39; is more than merely a sum of its parts, and when each part is handled as expertly as these, you donu0026#39;t seem to care if it has indeed been done before.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film like Moore exudes a certain charm, and provides a certain amount of nostalgia looking back at it now, with itu0026#39;s lively 70u0026#39;s fashions, even Bondu0026#39;s theme gets the disco treatment, quite superbly. Ken Adamu0026#39;s stunning larger than life sets fit the filmu0026#39;s extravagant, big budget flavour perfectly. Appreciative nods must also go to some fantastically attractive women, Caroline Munro playing the enticing Naomi has to be one of the most seductive looking femme fatales to steam up a wide-screen, and moreu0026#39;s the pity that she didnu0026#39;t grace it longer. Barbara Bach is equally alluring, and a fine match for Roger Moore in every sense of the word. The film also offers a wealth of laughs while not forgetting the chills and spills, Richard Keil providing all as the relentless and unforgettable Jaws. The scene where he tears open a Sherpa Van like a sardine can is particularly memorable, as is him brushing himself off after plummeting into a farmhouse from a flying Mercedes. Some fine touches of drama too, Bondu0026#39;s response to XXXu0026#39;s remarks about his career and wife are handled with compassion and reverence.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003enSo in all everything is here you could possibly want in a 007 adventure; top stunts, beautiful women, cool villains, those gloriously huge Pinewood sets and THAT car, wrapped in an exciting globe-trotting story line where Bond has to save the world from certain destruction, accompanied by the svelte tones of Carly Simon singing u0026#39;Nobody does it betteru0026#39; itu0026#39;s not surprising that the u0026#39;Spy Who Loved Meu0026#39; is one of the most memorable of all Bond films.”