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This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

This film came out in 1983, the same year as the unofficial Bond film, "Never Say Never Again" starring Sean Connery. They had a box-office battle called "The Battle of the Bonds," and this film grossed a lot more and was, by a long shot, the better film as well. This is another fun Bond adventure with plenty to like.Roger Moore is starting to show his age a little bit in this film, but he's still has his charm and can still seduce women and deliver the one-liners. Maud Adams, who was previously in "The Man With The Golden Gun," once again is pretty much wasted, which is a shame since she's the title character.Louis Jordan as Kamal Khan is a very smooth and cool villain, and Steven Berkoff isn't as bad as most people say. The plot may be convoluted for some, but it's actually another fairly down-to-earth spy story.The locales in India are very beautiful and the film doesn't disappoint as far as action goes. It has a brilliant plane chase in the pre-credit sequence, a chase through the streets of India, a struggle on top a train, and a nerve-racking climax with Bond hanging on to Khan's areoplane.There are some incredibly silly elements that this film is infamous for. Bond dressing in a clown costume is one thing, but the Tarzan yell is a bit much. You'll enjoy the film if you just ignore those.By no means is this Bond's "All-Time High" like Rita Coolidge's theme song says, but this is still a fun, suspenseful, action-packed entry in the Bond series. Well worth a look.RATING: B

A very underrated Bond film, in my eyes. Considering all of the films in the series which try to mix humor and frantic action together, Octopussy does it best.It's definitely a bizarre plot, beginning with a 00 agent found dead in a clown suit. Bond hunts down a Faberge egg, leading into a terrorist plot in the twixt of the Cold War. Moore's Bond finally gets a woman his age, with an older Maud Adams playing the "Bond girl" who has a degree of authority and likes to stay in charge of things. As the villain, Kamal Khan mirrors Moore's debonair Bond.There's of course plenty of creative unique action sequences all throughout, including a memorable circus scene of Bond saving the world in a clown suit, which may very well be my favorite scene in any Bond movie. Despite all the campy elements, it has one of the more believable plots in a Bond movie (no spacecraft that will destroy the world). Moore plays a Bond who is deeply concerned with the lives of innocent people in danger and, despite the gags, takes his mission seriously.Perhaps this movie is came too late in Moore's career as Bond, with 3-4 campy movies having been already done. But nonetheless, it's beautifully strange, it stands out and its a lot of fun.

When it comes to consistency Roger Moore is out of luck as James Bond. During one film he is at his peak and then all of a sudden everything around him crumbles to the core. One of the weaker Bond entries in the canon, Octopussy is another troublesome film for Moore. Bond is tasked with uncovering a jewel smuggling operation after the untimely death of 009. His search leads him face to face with the wealthy Kamal Khan who owns his own luxurious palace in India.Strange for a Bond film, even the poor irredeemable ones; but Octopussy drags. Often. It's almost a challenge to complete the film in one sitting. That's because it rarely deviates from formula enough to provide solidly consistent thrills that fans crave from a 007 flick. It's ridiculous and dare I say it boring and I despise the use of the word. The unimagination of Octopussy extends to its Bond girl and villain. Maud Adams makes a reappearance as a Bond girl, this time in Octopussy, last time as Scaramanga's mistress in the painful The Man with The Golden Gun. It's a shame that she never appeared in a decent Bond film and it's not like there is a shortage. Adams hits all the previous beats and her attraction to Bond rings false frequently. Was Bond blind to overlook this? Or was he just thrilled to bed her? Either way 007 you are slipping. Octopussy only really wants Bond's attention so that she is kept safe from Kamal and his henchmen.Oh dear. We have not had an excellent villain since On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Kamal does not pose a threat to Bond so why should we fear him? Kamal is the bottom of the barrel when it comes to Bond villains.That makes it all the more curious as to why the secondary Bond villains and girls this time around work so well. Gobinda is a man to be frightened of, I just wish he was promoted; he could easily take care of Kamal after all.The secondary Bond girl Magda is intriguing; almost the sole high of the film. Moore and Kristina Wayborn actually display chemistry on screen so it was a smart move to have them share a few brief scenes together. The ending of Octopussy does succeed in shaking things up, well the last fifteen minutes or so. The second act set in a circus is excruciatingly tedious, bar a few well-constructed stunts; the whole fiasco goes on well beyond its welcome.Octopussy is another misstep for the franchise. While not as poorly constructed as The Man with the Golden Gun or as ludicrous and hard to buy into as Moonraker it is somehow a duller film than both. As Q says during the middle of the film "I haven't got time for your adolescent antics 007". Neither it seems have I.

The thirteenth instalment in the long-running James Bond franchise, the sixth to star Roger Moore in the iconic role, and so far the only James Bond film that I've been able to sit through which didn't star Daniel Craig as 007, Octopussy is a ridiculously entertaining adventure ride filled with numerous over-the-top moments but it's also a whole lot of fun & enjoyable film to sit through.The story of Octopussy finds James Bond investigating the death of a fellow agent who was trying to flee with a Fabergé egg, which leads him to India where he uncovers an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious titular character, and the involvement of the Soviet government into all this as Bond soon uncovers a sinister plot to force disarmament in Europe with the use of a nuclear weapon.Directed by John Glen, Octopussy brims with lots of humour, offers plenty of laughs throughout its runtime and the scenes set in India are its biggest attractions. The plot is action-packed and while much of it is exaggerated, it doesn't matter much because it's all shot in a manner that adds a sense of fun & energy to its narrative, with that auto-rickshaw street chase scene being my favourite moment, and is able to sustain the momentum for the most part.However, the story does end up overstaying its welcome for its runtime is very much felt before the film heads into the final act. Camera-work is good, background score is very much in tune with the events unfolding on the screen, the twists are often too many and they do eventually begin to pile up without providing any sort of surprise, while Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kristina Wayborn & Kabir Bedi do an adequate job in their given roles.On an overall scale, what eventually works out in favour of Octopussy is its light-hearted narration that never takes itself seriously, doesn't let the fun vibe die down at any moment, and because of that, even its ridiculous-looking action segments don't bother much and end up working in an amusing way actually. While it's not without its shortcomings and would've definitely benefited from a bit more trimming of its runtime, Octopussy is still more bearable than many other chapters of the James Bond franchise.