Review of Octopussy

Octopussy (1983)
6/10
harmless adventure
26 December 2009
The colorful and glittering locations of India just about compensate for an over aged star and a narrative that takes some following. Its livelier moments somewhat atone for the occasional direness, but even the most prominent of script-doctors wouldn't elevate this above the level of a corpse being forced to walk with whatever means necessary. Thus, it plods along as a humorous and harmless adventure, just a way to kill one's time so to speak.

Mainly notable for a sequence in which Bond, dressed as a clown, attempts to diffuse an atomic bomb inside a circus; a sequence that can only be read as a deft display of self-deprecation.
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