Review of Never Say Never Again (1983) by Kevin M. W — 06 Jun 2016
Most fantasy appears silly when viewed objectively, and so too this older male dream of enduring virility undimmed by time and of a life w/o responsibility ("if only I wouldn't've had those kids, if I wouldn't've got married, I coulda did what I wanted, I coulda .
.." and this film fills in the rest. All the women want sex NOW - is it possible to pant for the length of a whole film? And yet Barbara Carrera and Kim Basinger manage wonderfully - All the dialogue is so cornball cheesy as to be embarrassing.
Klaus Maria Brandauer is good as the bad guy, a look of "yes, yes, I understand. You get the women" plastered on his face) Connery is up for the task as stand-in for the male species, a British agent (everyone knows him - so where's the secret?) working beneath the auspices of the American CIA and yet he is still calling the shots.
Does he win against the forces of entropy, of choas? He's shaken, but not stirred. And so the big boys dream ...
This review of Never Say Never Again (1983) was written by Kevin M. W on 06 Jun 2016.
Never Say Never Again has generally received mixed reviews.
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