Review of Live and Let Die (1973) by Jamie W — 20 Oct 2012

Roger Moore's first outing as 007 also happens to be one of his best; it's a rare beast that has a unique storyline (for a Bond film) involving drug trafficking, the supernatural and voodoo.

Moore is less of the self-parody he becomes towards the end of his run, this reigned in performance is easily his best attempt in the role.

Jane Seymour's Solitaire is a well acted and beautiful Bond girl who sticks in the memory for all the right reasons, whilst the large amount of villains all make for enough of a threat to keep the relatively low stakes (again, for a Bond film) enthralling.

Most unusual amongst them is Baron Samedi, a supposed magician/supernatural/voodoo man who certainly offers a few surprises towards the films final reel.

All in all, despite it being slightly too long, and ignoring several dubious stereotypes that wouldn't sit well in film nowadays, Live and Let Die is action packed, intriguing, funny and so different to any other Bond film it has be viewed as a must see. It's really very good as well...