- Actors: Sean Connery, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Edward Fox, Barbara Carrera, Kim Basinger
- Directors: Irvin Kershner
- Format: AC-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Widescreen, NTSC, Import
- Language: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: MGM
- Release Date: Mar 24 2009
- Run Time: 134 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (97 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B001R10BMS
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After years of enduring Roger Moore in the role of James Bond, it was good to have Sean Connery back in this 1983 film for a one-time-only trip down 007's memory lane. Connery's Bond, a bit of a dinosaur in the British secret service at (then) 52, is still in demand during times of crisis. Sadly, the film is not very good. In this rehash of Thunderball, Bond is pitted against a worthy underwater villain (Klaus Maria Brandauer); and while the requisite Bond Girls include beauties Kim Basinger and Barbara Carrera, they can't save the movie. The script has several truly dumb passages, among them a (gasp) video-game duel between 007 and his nemesis that now looks utterly anachronistic. For Connery fans, however, this widescreen print of the Irvin Kershner (The Empire Strikes Back) film is a chance to say a final goodbye to a perfect marriage of actor and character. --Tom Keogh
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Strangely, one of my favorites,
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This review is from: Never Say Never Again (Widescreen) (DVD)
I kinow this film has not received the acclaim of other Bond films but for the life of me I don't know why not. So what if the story is borrowed from a previous film...Dirty Harry, You Got Mail, etc were all variations on a theme. No, this was the return of the TRUE James Bond, the one and only Sean Connery. Here he is older yet wiser, not as foolhardy but still daring, and though his libido must have subsided a tad, he is still the ladies man. Kim was great as the bad guy's gal pal. Equally good was the villian himself, not as totally outlandish as some of the previous ones. Several scenes stand out.... The Tango (fantastic and it was reprised with the...) Arab auction. (What a great opportunity for Bond to make a - pardon the pun - dashing entry). Then there was the game for the world and who can forget the over the top performance by Barbara Carrerra as the sexy Fatima Blush. Where DO they come up with these names? Good plot, good characterization and good ending.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Never Never Land,
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This review is from: Never Say Never Again (Widescreen) (DVD)
Never Say Never Again would be a fairly solid Bond film, if it were not a remake of an earlier adventure in the series, Thunderball. After years of rejecting the idea of playing the superspy again followng Diamonds Are Forever, Sean Connery, returns to the role. He is my favorite person in the part, for sure, and he's the only reason to watch this movie.The story takes place at a time when Bond (Connery) is called out of retirement when the SPECTRE organization concocts its latest plan for worldwide domination. The agency's number 2 operative, Largo (Klaus Maria Brandauer), has managed to steal two cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads, and Agent Number 1, Blofeld (Max von Sydow), has threatened to explode them in areas with large populations if a huge, and almost impossible, ransom demand from the NATO countries is not paid. Director Irvin Kershner does his best to make the adventure watchable and not seem like a remake. The casting doesn't help you forget the far superior earlier version though. Brandauer isn't a very good Largo. In their scenes together, Connnery outacts him at every turn, even though the material is at times, over the top anyway. The Bond girls in the film, Barbara Carrera as Fatima and a young Kim Basinger as Domino, are beautiful--but since we know what their characters are all about going in--everything they do is muted. The script keeps the basic story in tact but again if you are a fan of Bond Thunderball is just too much of a classic to forget. Connery keeps his wits about him and even with its problems proves he's still got it. Not suprisingly the DVD has no extras on it. MGM, the studio that owns the Bond franchise, likes to think this film doesn't exist. To some fans it doesn't--while I wouldn't go that far (because of Connery), I will say your best bet is to watch Thunderball instead
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ummm yeah - It's a remake,
By Scott A Sampson (Turks and Caicos Islands) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Never Say Never Again (Collector's Edition) (DVD)
I am SO suprised that people are all up about this being a remake and NOT being as good as other BOND films...The original happened 45 years ago and the remake almost 25 years ago so fainting suprise now is a much belated reaction.Well... I love BOND films.... all of them... because they are ALL cheesy. Every one. Films don't all need to be Frederico Felini neorealist works of art. Is this my favorite BOND film? Well... I can't answer that. I don't watch Bond films to be impressed with acting, the script or the theme song. I watch them because they are Bond films; because they are fun to watch. As of late the newer films in this franchise have had larger budgets and are definately geared more as action flicks (because noone knows how to write anymore), but as of this review I give them all a passing grade for what they are. I know this is not a so called legitimate Bond film, but that is simply because of copyright ownership issues. Connery was the best Bond (and Moore the best 'Saint'). And as only 2/3 of the Bond films were actually based directly on a Fleming novel, well... what can I say... As for a remake, what about Casino Royale? And I am not talking about the '67 spoof with David Niven and Peter Sellers(to name a few of that cast), but rather the 1954 Bond flick with Barry Nelsen as Bond. Yup... Thunderball is not he only ripped Bond film. And if I WAS to be a purist I could only include the 16 written by Fleming (and perhaps the co-written 'Spy who loved me') So I give this film 5 stars for being what it is. A Bond Film with Sean Connery. To heck with copyrights and ownership. To heck with trying to argue Oscar status for any of these films. To heck with the Film Critics (real or imagined) who are usually worth thier weight in manure... Just enjoy them for what they are... BOND Films.... (By the way - REAL critics gave the film reasonalbe reviews and in '83 the film grossed over $160M - I guess you need to be older than 25 to like this film - or perhaps even 'get' the franchise)
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