Review of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) by Scott K — 31 Aug 2012

George Lazenby, the Bond the time forgot, takes the helms of the Bond series in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Obsessed with finding Ernst Blofeld, leader of the crime syndicate SPECTRE, James Bond infiltrates his mountain retreat and learns of a maniacal plan to release a series of deadly poisons throughout the world.

The absence of Sean Connery looms large in this film, and Lazenby isn't up to the task of playing Bond. But the miscasting doesn't stop there; Blofeld is also recast, played here by Telly Savalas, who doesn't carry over any of the same mannerisms or characteristics established in the previous films.

Everything feels out of sync in this film, from the story on through to the actors. On Her Majesty's Secret Service is a weak Bond film that's poorly written and goes against form.