The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) Movie Review
The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) IMDB Prime Video
The ninth James Bond film and the second (out of 7) starring Roger Moore. A professional assassin with a golden gun charges a million dollars per kill. He trains against other assassins in a room that is set-up like a fun-house, which includes multiple mirror mazes (and in the opening sequence !). If you want to train against other assassins who better to train against than James Bond ? (Léon, John Wick, Ray, The Jackal, Jef, Vincent and Jules, The Bride, Vincent, Nikita). I made a strong case for a few others, but James is still probably in the top 10. Is The Terminator considered an assassin ? I’m getting off topic.
Can Bond find the man with the golden gun and spoil his current plot that revolves around solar energy ?
I want to give a shout out to one of my favorite actors from the 70’s and my childhood, Hervé Villechaize. If you do not know the name you probably know him from his catch phrase on a late 70’s tv show “the plane, boss, the plane”.
As far as James Bond films go, this one is entertaining and worth a look. It falls firmly in the middle of the pack The cool gadgets that were fun in 1974 are less cool today but you get the idea ! I give it a 7/10