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 enlarge | Director: Irvin Kershner
Actors: Sean Connery, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max Von Sydow, Barbara Carrera, Kim Basinger
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  191 reviews
Sales Rank: 3631
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 133
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 027616853981
ISBN: 0792847229
UPC: 027616853981
EAN: 9780792847229
ASIN: B00004WEJZ
Theatrical Release Date: 1983
Release Date: October 17, 2000
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 Sean Connery returns again as "James Bond" at 52. September 1, 2006
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
Thought that YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1967) was Sean Connery's last "Bond" film? Well after they tried George Lazenby in the "James Bond" role in ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (1969), they brought Sean Connery back for DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971).
However, 12 years later, Sean Connery returned to be "James Bond" one last time in NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN. This film is a rarity to see and is not part of the "official" James Bond package. It is declared "Unofficial" because it was made by a different production company, not EON Productions.. You will notice how different the film is by the style it is filmed in and the original MI6 cast members were not cast.
M (Edward Fox) believes that James Bond (Sean Connery) has slowed down with age and has been put on a strict diet. Bond reminds M that he now teaches and hasn't been used as a double 00. Don't worry. Bond will be right back in action as soon as he finishes his "therapy" with Miss Fearing (Prunella Gee).
Blofeld (Max Von Sydow) is back in action and will use Largo (Klaus Marie Brandauer) and Fatima Blush (Barbara Carrera) to avenge James Bond.
Bond's mission is to go to the Bahama's and get closer to Fatima Blush and in Nice he gets to massage Domino (Kim basinger). All in a day's work for James Bond.
Sean Connery was 52 at the time of filming and proved he was still in vigorous form.
This film was the longest "James Bond" film ever made at 2 hours, 17 minutes. Rated PG.
DVD includes spoken languages of English, Spanish. Subtitles: French, Spanish or choose none.
Movie Trailer for "Never Say Never Again".
 Great Action Adventure Thriller August 30, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
"Never Say Never Again" is a fantastic action thriller directed by Irvin Kershner. It is the remake of "Thunderball". However, it is still an enjoyable action packed adventure movie.
Sean Connery plays his role brilliantly, despite his age (53). This is vintage Sean Connery, an older, wiser and audacious man. He has not lost his touch with ladies. Kim gives a good performance as the bad guy's pal. Barbara Carrera performs her role as the sexy, clever and wicked Fatima Blush very well. Klaus Maria Brandauer is also a remarkable villain while Irvin Kershner's direction is commendable. Rowan Atkinson makes an interesting and amusing appearance.
Among some of my unforgettable scenes are the opening war-game teaser, the battle with Lippe at Shrublands, and a great motorcycle chase. Despite his age, Connery is surprisingly very fast, agile and very witty.
The plot is sound and interesting. A SPECTRE agent under the command of Ernst Blofeld infiltrates a US Air Force base located in the United Kingdom and steals two Tomahawk cruise missiles. James Bond must find them before they are detonated. The characterization is superb and I liked the ending.
A fun change of pace August 8, 2006
If you've gotten tired of the formula Bond movies, Never Say Never Again is an interesting change of pace. Legal battles based on the rights to the Thunderball novel led to this remake being done by a different studio than the other 007 films. They managed to bring back Sean Connery, who had said "never again" after finishing Diamonds Are Forever (hence the movie title).
The original Thunderball movie is still better in terms of epic scale and production values, but for me this film beats out Diamonds Are Forever and most of the Roger Moore entries. It helps that Connery still has his edge even as an older Bond, and in general it's just fun to see a different take on M, Q, Moneypenny, and the villains of SPECTRE. Unfortunately while MGM finally got the rights to this film, they refuse to acknowledge it into the regular Bond movie canon. So while the dvd cover is similar in design to the other Bond special editions, the disc has no bonus features other than a nice booklet and trailer. Oh well.
Recommended for all Bond fans, and worth a look for anyone interested in the "non-official" Bond film.
Never Say Never Again July 5, 2006
True, Connery isn't as good as 007 as he was in the 1960s but HE IS better in this movie than he was in Diamonds Are Forever, his last "official" Bond movie. In Diamonds Are Forever, it seemed like Connery couldn't give less of a ****. Yeah, yeah I know Connery was sick and tired of playing Bond by the time Diamonds Are Forever came around, but the fact that Connery was being paid one of the highest salaries in movie history to appear in Diamonds Are Forever made his lack of effort in Diamonds Are Forever inexusable. In Never Say Never Again, even though it wasn't a "real" Bond movie, at least Connery did make a decent effort. Connery also seemed to be putting on some weight in Diamonds Are Forever. Considering Connery is 12 years older in Never Say Never Again than he was in Diamonds Are Forever, Connery is in pretty good physical shape in Never Say Never Again. Connery was, however, getting kind of old and wrinkly and, like I said, he's not as good as 007 as he was a couple decades before, but he really was no worse than Roger Moore was at that time-to tell you the truth, I would have rather had Connery in 1985's View To A Kill, Roger Moores last Bond movie, than Roger Moore.
 Connery, yes...... Bond, no! March 28, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I don't know, I just can't consider this a true James Bond film. It's not that Sean Connery is past his prime (which, for this type of role, he probably is); Roger Moore was a little long-in-the-tooth for at least his last couple of appearances as 007. It's not that the script is un-Bondish in any way.... stolen nuclear missiles in the hands of a madman employed by none other than the insidious terrorist organization SPECTRE. It's simply that this movie was not produced by the same people responsible for the other Bond films and it shows. The movie is slow-moving and rather boring and discrepancies in well-established characters from the series leaps right out at you..... M is suddenly quite a bit younger than Bond, Felix Leiter has suddenly become a black man, and Q is, well, not Q. There is, perhaps, some value in this film for an action adventure but it just doesn't fit in with the rest of the films. Contrast this movie with the other (TRUE) Bond film of 1983: Octopussy, and I think all this will be quite clear.
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