![]() Save for Bruce Glover and Putter Smith as “problematic” (but delightful) gay assassins murdering their way through the cast, there’s very little to recommend in this uncommonly indifferent 007 flick. John is (through no fault of her own) a regression in terms of Bond Girls exhibiting agency and value to the mission, and Connery just ambles along. As such, it’s not implausible that Bond wouldn’t be as gung-ho about queen and country this time around.Ĭharles Gray makes for a boring Blofeld, Jill St. To be fair, it opens with Bond tracking down Blofeld and (so he thinks) avenging the murder of Tracy Bond. At the very least, the film may have might have avoided the almost willful indifference to itself. We can debate whether On Her Majesty’s Secret Service would have been better with Connery in the lead role, but Diamonds Are Forever would have been far superior had Lazenby returned to avenge his murdered wife. Moreover, following a dramatic and character-focused melodrama with a comedic, “on autopilot” installment added insult to injury. Alas, the result was a campy and lackadaisical romp in Las Vegas, with a clearly disinterested Connery going through the motions. ![]() With George Lazenby’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service having slightly underwhelmed and with Lazenby reluctant to commit to a second flick, Eon and friends enticed Sean Connery for one more rodeo, partially thanks to a then record $1.5 million paycheck (which Connery allegedly donated to charity).
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