The Man with the Golden Gun

Name: The Man with the Golden Gun
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Released: December 20, 1974
Duration: 125 min
Rating: 43
Cast: Christopher Lee, Roger Moore

1974

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United Artists | Release Date: December 20, 1974 | PG

Starring: Christopher Lee, Roger Moore

Summary: James Bond is led to believe that he is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder.

Director: Guy Hamilton

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Thriller

Rating: PG

Runtime: 125 min

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The Guardian Michael Hann

Live and Let Die borrowed from blaxploitation; The Man with the Golden Gun took a couple of kicks at kung fu, though in a distinctly half-hearted fashion. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Rarely does The Man with the Golden Gun take anything seriously. Mary Goodnight is as clumsy as they come. Pepper and Nick Nack are cartoonish. There are more jokes-per-minute than in any other Bond film. Even John Barry's score is less earnest than usual, and the opening song is ridiculous. Read full review

Ian Freer

Whilst this takes itself a little too lightly it has a lot going for it. Read full review

Dave Kehr

Roger Moore is a pastry chef's idea of James Bond; but Christopher Lee as the archetype of the evil antagonist makes this 007 outing just about bearable. Read full review

Nora Sayre

Mr. Moore functions like a vast garden ornament. Pedantic, sluggish on the uptake, incapable of even swaggering, he's also clumsy at innuendo. If you enjoyed the early Bond films as much as I did, you'd better skip this one. Read full review

Time Out London Staff (Not Credited)

Roger Moore's interpretation of Bond is blandness personified. It is left to Christopher Lee, playing a kind of Westernised, Dracula-esque Fu Manchu, to lend some semblance of style and suavity as Scaramanga, the man with a hideout in Red China and a hankering after the status of gentleman. Read full review

Phil Perello

Roger Moore's second outing as 007 does not do the subject matter justice. Or the character. Or any paying member of the audience. Read full review

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imthenoob

Nov 12, 2019

IDK what y'all are taking but I absolutely love this movie. It's arguably tied for my favourite Bond film. Christopher Lee plays such a fantastic villain opposite of Moore's Bond. It's another change-up from the formula because his villain lets Bond know that he is coming, that there is noIDK what y'all are taking but I absolutely love this movie. It's arguably tied for my favourite Bond film. Christopher Lee plays such a fantastic villain opposite of Moore's Bond. It's another change-up from the formula because his villain lets Bond know that he is coming, that there is no way to stop him and Bond has to ready himself for the challenge. It showcases both actors' talents and really makes for a great movie.… Expand

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JessePhoenix

Jun 12, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The BEST James Bond movie EVER!
I always enjoy watching this movie.
But still something is missing and some little things are a bit boring
So thats why i give 8/10.… Expand

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kheas

Mar 18, 2019

Warts and all, to me, this is one of Roger Moore's best outings as Bond. It has everything needed to make a great Bond film, A solid villain, outstanding allies and even a believable macguffin in the Solex Agitator. It has it's problems but it's a solidWarts and all, to me, this is one of Roger Moore's best outings as Bond. It has everything needed to make a great Bond film, A solid villain, outstanding allies and even a believable macguffin in the Solex Agitator. It has it's problems but it's a solid entry.http://latetothegame.blog/2019/02/28/key-movies-of-my-life-james-bond-edition-the-man-with-the-golden-gun-1974… Expand

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FilipeNeto

Feb 17, 2018

Directed by Guy Hamilton and with a script by Tom Mankiewicz and Richard Maibaum, this is the ninth film in the 007 franchise and keeps Harry Saltzman and Albert Broccoli as co-producers for the last time. In this film, the second where Roger Moore embodies 007, the main subject will be theDirected by Guy Hamilton and with a script by Tom Mankiewicz and Richard Maibaum, this is the ninth film in the 007 franchise and keeps Harry Saltzman and Albert Broccoli as co-producers for the last time. In this film, the second where Roger Moore embodies 007, the main subject will be the energy crisis and the advent of so- called green energies, issues that were very present at that time, due to the oil crisis and the beginning of ecological concerns in society.

In this film, the British agent is threatened by an assassin called Scaramanga, famous for using a pistol and bullets made in gold. Discretely, Bond decides to set off in pursuit of his new enemy, with the permission of M. The clues lead him to Beirut, to the Portuguese colony of Macau and finally to Hong Kong, where Scaramanga kills Gibson under Bond's nose. Gibson was a scientist who invented a way to harness solar energy and alleviate the world's dependency on oil. Bond must now recover the stolen technology and goes to Thailand where, after many adventures, will join forces with his colleague Mary Goodnight, an English spy who is both beautiful as stupid. Finally he meets Scaramanga. The chase takes Bond to the island's villain, which takes the final confrontation, full of surprises.

In this film, Roger Moore will continues the formula started in "Live and Let Die": sarcastic and calm in any situation, his Bond is also a natural seducer, kind and gentle, contrasting to the rudest posture of Sean Connery, while not giving any value to women who seduces and which quickly drops when it suits his mission. A curious note: the mechanism created by Scaramanga in his island for the use of solar energy, despite the science fiction touch, is very similar to solar panels we have today but I don't know if this was a "jules- vernian" stylish prediction or if, even then, we could logically predict the course of technology in this field. One of the most famous scenes of this film is the gold-covered woman, in a probable homage to "Goldfinger", an earlier franchise film where this scene first emerged. Another memorable scene is the car chase where Bond, to cross a water channel, makes a dangerous 360° rotation with the car, similar to Evel Knievel shows, a popular icon from these time.

In addition to James Bond and Mary Goodnight (Bond-girl played by the Swedish Britt Ekland), the film brings again J. W. Pepper, which was a big hit in the previous film and works here just as comic element. The villain, Scaramanga, was played by the immortal Christopher Lee, whom the seventies ran particularly well thanks to vampire movies. His helper, the francophone dwarf Nick-Nack, was taken by the talented and funny Hervé Villechaize. The also Swedish Maud Adams embodied Andrea the second bond-girl of this movie, the only 007 movie (I think) with two bond-girls interpreted by actresses from the same country.… Expand

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amheretojudge

May 8, 2019

Hamilton and Moore are changing the game, the result is one of the worst chapter of the franchise, so there's that record now, to break.

The Man With The Golden Gun Hamilton is behaving like some angenieux filmmaker. Usually when you go behind the camera for the first time, what you wishHamilton and Moore are changing the game, the result is one of the worst chapter of the franchise, so there's that record now, to break.

The Man With The Golden Gun

Hamilton is behaving like some angenieux filmmaker. Usually when you go behind the camera for the first time, what you wish to make and what comes out creates a long distance between the audience and the characters. For, how you are pretending the scene to come off and how it actually does is the grey area where a qualified maker aims to bridge. And in here, along with this issue, Guy Hamilton, the director, has lost the complete balance on humor. This is probably the worst to come across in the franchise. In a sense that it is not only not funny but also clearly wrong.

It is more expressive about the offense that casts as a pseudo reaction than a purposeful message it tries to pass on- by the way, don't look for it, you'll be scrapping for hours before you find anything and if you do, then you've gone so deep that you are reading between the lines that doesn't exist. Roger Moore revisiting his character signifies his incapabilities in global scale. Now, I remember that this was the reason why I never fully understood his stardom, with questionable dialogue deliveries to an outrageously loud innuendos that makes you livid, he is surprisingly the anchor of the film.

The Bond girl phenomenon is once again, showcased as an object than a being and along with a weak antagonist that isn't even correctly motivated, the supporting characters are also dragging this down way too low; how far are they going to rely upon old cameos that are supposed to make you laugh. The Man With The Golden Gun sounds corny as it actually is, the fired shots are empty just like a reason to produce this film, except for the box office results which too is among the lowest, this time.… Expand

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