Review of You Only Live Twice (2007) by Ken B — 03 Mar 2010

While certainly not the worst exponent of the Bond series, "You Only Live Twice" wasn't any more believable than any of the others. It was, however, more entertaining than "Thunderball" and featured the niftiest gadget yet in the series, "Little Nellie," a miniature (working!) helicopter armed to the nines and not much bigger than a cardboard box.

As bond works his way through a series of Asian ladies, he's accosted by corporate thugs, aggressive dockworkers, inept assassins, and yes, even ninjas (!!!) on his way to dastardly bad guy number one, Blofeld, whose appearance and demeaner are so cliche that he was one of the key inspirations for Dr.

Evil of the later "Austin Powers" parodies. That said, the pace is frantic, the visuals impressive, and the effects surprisingly good for the period, so all-in-all not a disappointment for those who go in knowing that to expect.