Review of For Your Eyes Only (1981) by Kj P — 09 Oct 2015

John Glen's thrilling superior Bond adventure is a well-crafted and written adventure with Sir Roger Moore's finest performance as James Bond. The story concerns Bond being assigned to investigate the brutal murders of Timothy Havelock and his wife, who were aiding in the salvage of a British spy ship which sink with a top-secret encryption transmitter called A.

T.A.C., that controls the British Polaris fleet of nuclear submarines and their ICBM missiles. The Russians are also trying to recover it, and are using a secret operative of theirs named Aris Kristatos, superbly played by Julian Glover.

On his mission that leads him to Greece Bond encounters the beautiful Melinda Havelock, played compellingly by the ravishing Carole Bouquet, the revenge seeking daughter of the Havelocks. Bond teams up with Melina and a master smuggler named Milos Colombo, wonderfully played with great relish by Topol, and so the deadly race is on to recover the A.

T.A.C. device. Astute direction by Glen, who gives the film some awesome action set-pieces, dazzling stunts, and amazing underwater sequences, the film also has striking cinematography by Alan Hume, with razor-sharp editing by John Grover, a terrific score by Bill Conti, and a memorable hit title song sung by the sexy Sheena Easton.

Without doubt Moore's best outing as 007. Highly Recommended.