Review of Diamonds Are Forever (1971) by Kai82 — 13 Dec 2020

The seventh James Bond movie and the return of Sean Connery. George Lazenby had some arguments during and after “On her Majesty’s Secret Service” with the producer and did not sign a contract for another movie.

After checking out all options they rehired Sean Connery for a record salary. The movie starts with James Bond taking revenge on someone for what he did at the end of the last movie. Meanwhile several diamond smugglers are killed in a way that is to systematical to be a coincident.

Also there are huge numbers of diamonds thrown on the market that flatten the prices drastically. James Bond is send on an investigation to find out what is behind this incidents. Again we got a good James Bond story.

It has some good twist and a bit more humor than before. The plot is good by James Bond standards and it has an interesting climax. I also enjoyed the cast. Charles Gray is a great Blofeld (tied with Telly Savalas for me) and a remarkable actor.

Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd are a great team and won me over. They are just so enjoyable to watch. Sean Connery is as always great as he had made the role his trademark even we he did not want to be reduced to just being James Bond.

After not getting much gadgets in the last movie Q can shine again. I like Qs scene in Las Vegas and I think he is never allowed to be near a Casino again for the rest of his live ;-). The other gadgets are focused on hiding and identifying identities.

For the sets and locations we got an USA theme in this movie. Nothing to say against Las Vegas. Overall another good James Bond movie. Might not be my favorite but is still worth rewatching from time to time.