Review of Diamonds Are Forever (1971) by Filipeneto — 18 Feb 2018

Directed by Guy Hamilton, produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert Broccoli and with screenplay by Richard Maibaum and Tom Mankiewicz, this is the seventh film in 007 franchise and resumes the participation of Sean Connery in the role of the British agent for the last time. This movie will attempt to Americanize the character, an option that, for today's fans, was highly incorrect, despite the success at the box office.

In this film, James Bond seeks revenge on Blofeld, who blames the death of his wife, Tracy Bond. At the same time, he investigates the disappearance of diamonds in South Africa, suspecting trafficking. During investigations in Amsterdam, Bond found suspected links with the United States, where the stolen diamonds are sent. Narrowly escapes death in a crematorium and continues to follow the clues to Las Vegas, where he will face again Blofeld, the mastermind behind the theft of diamonds, with which it plans to build a space satellite that destroy entire cities.

Although Sean Connery returned to the role of 007, the film's producers know they will not be forever. On the other hand, the pressure for adapting the character to a new audience increases with the entry in the seventies. Although the plot is almost entirely passed in the United States, the film has almost no action scenes, on the contrary: some particular scenes are perfectly anecdotal, in a humorous style that did not benefit the film. On the other hand, it appears to interpret the character Connery no motivation and no concern that shown in previous films into thinking it would have been better to the paper, once and for all, to another actor. The theme of space conquest, which was fashionable during this time, it could also have been better used, as would be in future films.

In this film, apart from central casting inherited from previous films, James Bond is incarnated by Sean Connery. Jill St. John gave life to the bond-girl Tiffany Case. Charles Gray played the villain, Blofeld. Putter Smith and Bruce Glover gave life to the double murder, and apparently homosexual, Mr. Kid and Mr. Wint.