I’m in the minority that actually like this movie. As a matter of fact, I love Barbara Carerra and Klaus Van Whatever his name is.

In the late 80s when I started to fall in love with James Bond films I learned why this film was made. I was able to love it ever since. It has its faults but it also has its charms.

A good review, but I feel the movie is way better than "View to a Kill"! Also, Fatima Blush is, IMHO, one of the best, most entertaining, villainesses of all time.

It's better than Die Another Day.

I loved this movie. Watch it over and over. It’s a throwback to a past I didn’t know I had. It was the James Bond movie they tried to quiet which all a sudden flooded cable television in the 90’s . It had its ups and downs but overall I felt the feel of this movie was a throwback and a modernization at the same time. This movie literally feels like it belongs in its own time period. Is it 80’s? Is it 70’s ? This movie has a unique undertone and of course even an aging Sean Connery to me was miles ahead of later incarnations of the character. He set the tone for the character. A suave agent who didn’t take things too seriously but never seemed campy. He could approach a scene jokingly almost but still command the moment. He could deliver a one liner so smoothly that even though it was an obvious come on, the women he spoke these things to couldn’t help but say, “why not?” The color pallet and score almost had a dreamlike sense about it. I think certain movies you need to be in the right mindset to watch.

I don't agree about the assessment regarding Largo. Unlike so many other Bond villains who fit the same old cloak and dagger mold, Maximilian Largo actually showed some vulnerability and even a pathetic nature. He is one of most fascinating Bond antagonists in the series.

I love this channel. The witty script, the smooth antipodian tones of the host, the nifty editing of the clips and the meaty content. As close to perfection as this type of KZfaq channel as I can find. 👏🏻👍🏻🍻

My dad was born in 1951. I was born in 1980. My dad loved this movie. He was so happy to have HIS James Bond back. He didn't get to see it in the theater. He had to wait until it was aired on network television. I vaguely remember it when it aired. I do remember watching 007 on the ABC Sunday night movie a few times in the 80's with him. I can remember watching Octopussy twice, Live And Let Die, Goldfinger, and Diamonds Are Forever. I got into James Bond films in the year 1990 when ABC played The Living Daylights on Easter Sunday. The summer of 1990 was spent renting 007 films. I was 10 and these movies were great. I finally rented Never Say Never Again. I didn't like it. My dad still loved it because as I said earlier, this was HIS 007. But since I wasn't alive in the 60's, I didn't have the nostalgia of Sean Connery. I loved Sean Connery, but I was equally happy with Roger Moore, or even Timothy Dalton. So to see Sean Connery return in a movie that was now 7 years old, it just didn't hold water to me. I could tell it was different and made by a different company and stuff, but the overall story bored me. I was only 3 when it was released and it hadn't aged well by year 1990...or at least it didn't age well to someone that wasn't alive in the 60's and has zero nostalgia to see Connery again. I think this movie served it's purpose for the year 1983. The 60's kids got their hero back. Other than that, this movie isn't worth watching.

NSNA gets a lot of hate from some Bond fans, but it did lead to a resurgence of Connery’s career, and I’d argue that, in Claus Maria Brandauer’s Maximillian Largo, it has the best Bond villain since Goldfinger, and a great villainess in Barbara Carrera’s Fatima Blush. And Max Von Sydow makes the best Blofeld.

Fatima Blush is a wonder and more women should be like her.

Totally disagree on your take of Thunderball. Not only was it not a bore, it's witty, and had great set pieces.

As dated as it is, I thoroughly enjoy this film, but I was probably the right age for it when it first came out so I simply don't see the terrible movie that this guy does. The only thing I would say is, in hindsight, the tone and overall vibe of the movie feels more like something that came out of the late 70s rather than the 80s, but that's more of an observation than a critique. The cast are all great in their roles, the set pieces and action are entertaining, Kershner films it all nicely, and it even had some good vfx for its time with the cruise missiles and holographic video game sequences. I don't really get whats not to like. All that said, I probably do still prefer Thunderball over its remake though.

I found myself humming the Stam Fine tune... and now you've uploaded, my day has improved significantly.

NSNA(1983) is actually a pretty good Bond movie! Mainly thanks to mr. Connery of course, who was still sooooooo charming at the age of 53! Some good supporting actors too(Barbara Carrera!, Rowan Atkinson...). And by the way, NSNA(1983) is not unofficial Bond film! It's just not "EON productions" Bond film! McClory had every rights to make this film! I don't understand why Broccoli even hated McClory so much? Was he afraid that "Octopussy" would fail completely?

Reportedly the title comes from Sean Connery telling his wife he would never ply James Bond again, and she replied "Never say never".

Zardoz is a great film for its philosophical underpinnings. Its central theme is even more relevant today.

It was such a shame the film turned out this way as Connery looked in better shape than he did 12 years before in Diamonds.

Connery at that age had a better body than I did ever!!

Fatima Blush is my favorite Bond villain. The sex! The style! The savagery! I could've watched a whole series of films with her in them.

Well I can't agree with STAM here. I felt in compared favorably to Thunderball. First I think Barndauer was fhe first interesting villain in the Bond movies. I always remember him saying good mourning to his crew. He was really for me a three dimensional villain. Only Robert Davi really succeded well in that. Also loved Barbara Carrera in the film, compared to those in the film THUNDERBALL. ONLY CLAUDIO AUNGER IN THUNDERBALL was better in the role. Worst Bond film of the 80's, how about best. For me I gave up on Roger Moore as James Bond in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, which when I saw in the Theater, I was totallly bored by. Octopussy had two interesting villains in the twins, who were quite scary I thought when I saw it on video. Louis Jordan was also somewhat fun.

1965's Thuderball is pretty good film, actually.

I haven't seen this movie in a long time. I didn't think it was bad when I saw it, and I did like the idea of a James Bond in his 50's.

I saw this in a Melbourne movie theatre at the time it was released, and I LOVED it! I understood at the time that it was a sort of “anti-Bond”, and LOVED it more for that reason. The opening sequence with the music was on par with the latest Bond, and yes, that means it was GREAT for its time! I enjoy your reviews, but you missed the mark bigtime with this one I think. I suspect you were to prejudiced by the earlier version, and it’s underwater scenes.

Never Say Never Again feels more like a real Bond film than the Craig movies. Smells like Thunderball? No bad thing!

I LOVE this movie! It's the best Bond film. The best villain, the HOTTEST Bond girl ever, and Connery - the best Bond - aged like fine wine in this production.

I love this movie it was a lot more fun than Octopussy it was great seeing Sean again and this being a remake of Thunderball was very well made and entertaining. Great casting with Kim and Klaus and Barbara.

Nice review sir. FULLY AGREE with you on the bizarrely bad Michel Legrand score, especially for the final underwater battle, but overall I like this Bond. I find both Fatima Blush and Largo both memorable and I love Brandaur’s performance. His “Bye” (which you cut out) is one of my favourite moments from a Bond film.

Not without it's faults, but Sean Connery still had it, and the sarcastic snarkiness was fun.

Have 2 say totally welcomed Sean Connery back in the role of bond even though this week was remake of thunderball still enjoyed it thought much better than octopussy which came out round time despite it having to side step the franchise a lot thought it was more watchable.

I actually like Klaus Maria Brandauer as Largo! But as an actor, I may be more tolerant than most of his "actorly choices."

It seems trendy to rip on this film. Its far more watchable than thunderball, has a lot of charm to it. Connery is charismatic and delivers a better performance than his last 2 efforts. Fatima blush is also incredible. Id say far better than most of Craigs efforts.

For the UK viewers out there I’m pretty sure turn signals are indicators 🤔😂

By the way, I think Largo is one of the best psychopaths in the Bond movies, far better than Christopher Walken for example.

I like the movie. It just needs the classic Bond theme complete with gun barrel scene

NTTD elevated NSNA to the status of the quintessential Bond film.

Just watched it and really enjoyed it. It’s really cool that Connery came back for one more.

'I've made you all wet' 'Well as least my Martini's dry'.

This was the last really good James Bond Film until No Time to Die. It also brought back the classic Bond humour which we had not seen since Diamonds Are Forever. "It's against Civil Service policy to give out endorsements" must be the best line in any James Bond Film. But after this we never got the humour back. They don't make them like this anymore! Barbara Carerra was sensational. By far the most charismatic Bond girl. In many ways she stole the film, even giving Connery a run for his money. The score by the sensational Michel Legrand was uneven. When it was good it was amazing, but it did not always work with the images - and I think that was down to the director. But I would still rank the score at. 2 though after For Your Eyes Only. The problems were with the editing and directing. People had high expectations of Kirschner, but he did not always deliver.

-Great opening Bong song.

You use the “Lonely Man” theme so much…how about a Hulk video…

It was a good 007 film. Thunderball was, too. I prefer NSNA over Diamonds Are Forever or any of the Moore flicks.

A very good review and I must say I can't disagree with your overall conclusion. It's a real shame, as on paper, it should've worked, especially with all the talent involved. But it doesn't. The timing of the release of the movie would've also hurt its box office takings. Yes, it was released in the US on October 7th, but the UK had to wait another 2 months before it was finally released there. Whereas Octopussy was released worldwide in early June that same year. Though, some will disagree on whether Connery played Bond one more time after NSNA. The movie "The Rock" had Connery playing a Bond-like protagonist John Mason, whose timeline coincides exactly with that of his 60's and "Diamonds Are Forever" character, right down to being incarcerated in 1962 and escaping in 1963 from Alcatraz. Consider at the beginning of "From Russia With Love," Sylvia Trench complains that Bond disappeared for 6 months after going to Jamaica. As for 1971, the ship that Bond is on at the movie's finale is the HMSS Canberra docked in San Francisco, not long before John Mason was recaptured in 1972, and at the same point that he fathers his estranged daughter. There's a ton of other coincidenes that I won't go into as they're covered elswhere, but you get the point.

I was just a kid, but I loved it.

Actually I believe that Octopussy and A View To A Kill were the worse Bond movies of the 80s although Never Say Never was a close runner up. I know this because of the three Never was the only one I didn’t walk out on. Octopussy was just boring and A View… I left when Bond started acting like Harold Lloyd on a fire truck ladder. I agree Never either should of had a better script or should never have been filmed but it was nice to see Connery as James Bond one last time. Thanks for the video.

Mr bean was in it

POV: You're utterly indifferent to Bond but this guy is funny so you watch.

Great film actually

They tried to get another remake of Thunderball off the ground with Timothy Dalton after Brosnan took over. Hell, why not. I would have gone to it. Or even Lazenby.

I don't agree. I really like this version of Thunderball.

Zardoz featuring Roger Moore. That's the sort of film that AI was created to create 🙂

As a small kid the first Bond I saw was Goldfinger on TV but I was too little to understand his character, only that I couldn't regard well anyone who said you have to wear earmuffs to listen to the Beatles. Entering and traversing my teens it was all Roger Moore, who is therefore the "James Bond" I grew up with. But gaining some adult distance from the whole question, despite the humorous charm (and personal sentimental standpoint for me personally) of Moore, Connery really is by far the superior Bond, enough to more than make up for the lack of the familiar Q, M, Moneypenny, Monty Norman theme and trademark gun barrel intro. Kim Bassinger is one of the five hottest Bond chicks throughout the entire franchise, and I consider the villains (and Smallfaucet) all truly hilarious. All in all, I consider this something of an upgrade from the original Thunderball.

I liked it better when Lorenzo Semple and Max von Sydow worked with Timothy Dalton.

I liked it. More than this video.....

High up on my favorite post Connery bond films cause it has Connery.

4:56 To quote Monty Python's Meaning of Life: "Atkinson!"

Love this channel ❤💕🙌😍💖♥ with all it's clever observations and quips about classic films and 📺. With that being said, I personally prefer NSNA to Thunderball any day of the week...not to say it doesn't have it's flaws but it is WAY more entertaining and enjoyable to watch for a variety of reasons than the boring draggy movie it is a remake of and at least doesn't have an extended underwater fight that is impossible to follow and makes absolutely no sense!

The original THUNDERBALL had its flaws but it was definitely NOT boring

I find this movie a lot more enjoyable than most of the Moore films. They *are* parodies, and have aged really badly.

The main problem with this film is that it used to be repeated endlessly on the tele, only good thing about it was basinger.

As Gen X, I had no idea this had been a remake.....worse was Diamonds.

Well, as Rowan Atkinson would say, "Nice video, shame about the song",. I had no idea he was in this production.

Mr Bean 10:57

Think the lack of the Monty Norman (John Barry ) bond theme hampers this film if the sound track was adjusted it could be so much better

I don't think Thunderball was the most boring one.

and again, The Avengers was just good fun popcorn movie that took me back to my childhood. Now the Highlander ones (NOT THE ORIGINAL) are best served with stew in the corckpot during a snowstorm and your dogs wont go out to pee. Fun, cheese, no depth, but hey, we have stew.

I enjoyed this one more than most of the Moore Bond movies of the 80s

It's better than any of Craig's efforts

Once again . . . magnificent review ! I thought the so-called real life drama behind Conerry in Never Say Never Again Versus Octopussy with Roger Moore. Both films were 'Bob's your Uncle, OR Your Aunt Martha is really your Father. . . after the operation we don't talk about." ADMINISTRATION I Subsctibed about 9 months ago and clicked on the Bell. Since July 2021 I don't receive any notifications of your very humorous reviews. I wonder if its happening to other Subscribers.

“NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN” was far superior to that snooze-fest titled “Thunderball,” which even its director, Terence Young, was not terribly proud of! As Sean Connery had wanted, “NSNA” had more emphasis on character and plot, rather than gadgets, sci-fi sets, and imbecilic Moore-ish puns. It featured a superb cast, especially Klaus Maria Brandauer as Largo. The new interpretations of M and Q were entertaining. The screenplay was witty, imaginative, tighter, and better paced; the action well-staged and serving the story properly. The cinematography and set designs were elegant. No rear-screen, postcard shots of the Bahamas; no dragged-out hijacking or underwater battles; no dubbed actors, no SPECTRE rings, no eyepatches. And, Thank Heaven . . . no “Octopussy” with its asinine, stereotypical India portrayals! Connery was more enthusiastic and in better shape for “NSNA.” (In his previous outing as Bond, he looked like George Lazenby’s father - and was not nearly as effective.) By the way, it was his intention to do this one film, rather than a series. Michel Legrand’s music was, as usual, classy and original. (For this Bond devotee, even John Barry was getting tiresome and repetitive.) His collaboration with Alan and Marilyn Bergman on the title song reunited the team from the original “Thomas Crown Affair.” And let’s not leave out Herb Alpert and Sergio Mendez. The worst Bond film of the 1980s, really? As opposed to “A View To A Kill?” (And don’t get me started on the ‘70s crud!) For me, this was a much-needed, refreshing change!

The film is bad but the highlight is Sean Connery back as 007. The film could have been a lot worse if George Lazenby was cast.Enjoy your KZfaq videos.

This was a brilliant film

It’s easy to beat up on ‘Never’ but it is much much better than Connery’s previous two Bonds, has more more charisma than any of Dalton’s or Craig’s sulky showings, and it was good fun to see the contrast between Connery’s and Moore’s portrayals of the character in real time.

Don't agree that "Thunderball" was the "most boring" 007 film. It's a great movie - "The Biggest Bond of All!"

Loved the BMW joke...

Was on TV last Sunday afternoon watched.probably for the at least the 20th.time

I am so glad that I found this channel! I would love to see a review for "A View to a Kill".

The Peter Cushing Dr Who films of the Bond franchise

This film didn’t have the iconic Bond music in it and that was a deal breaker for me

I like the movie. It’s not great but still entertaining. I also enjoyed Largo and Fatima. I thought they were both good Bond villains who should be a bit over-the-top.

The Villain is well... but i like the film generally and certainly faster pace and more things than original Thunderball. The Video game play off and electric shocks, i liked and Basinger is beautiful as always and Fatima well..... Theres enough to keep entertained i think but i agree, its not one of the classics wit a mix of good and bad in it.

i loved "Thunderball" and "Diamonds are Forever".....fun stuff, popcorn and beer.

Odd that Connery chose to do a Bond movie that had so many of the comedy elements he claimed to despise in the Moore films.

…and Sean and Klaus Marie get to team up again to redeem themselves as amateur spies in Le Carre’s The Russia House.

I remember liking it when I saw it in 1983 as a 9 year old....

I'll never see "Never Say Never Again" again.

Completely disagree with the verdicts. Never Say Never Again is a great Bond film with many of my favourite characters, moments and lines. I like the villain a lot (Christoph Waltz in Spectre reminds me of him, but isn’t as good) and Fatima Blush is absolutely *FANTASTIC* - *LOVE* her! She’s wonderfully unhinged and OTT - so much better than e.g. Grace Jones in A View to a Kill. There are so many great moments in this film; it’s classic Bond and, I think, massively under appreciated, not helped by reviews like this, which just seem to want to bash it for being what it is. (E.g. why go out of the way to be nasty about the score? It’s actually highly memorable.) My own main criticisms of this film are: 1. M is stupid and irritating; 2. Rowan Atkinson ruins it in just the same way as John Cleese ruins later Bond films with his own feeble cameos; and 3. The film is simply too long and outstays its welcome, especially towards the end, where it drags and loses interest. A bit of judicious editing could have fixed that. But even so, this is a terrific Bond film overall, and every bit as good as many of the ‘fully official’ ones.

Great video thanks, Sony tried to make another remake Warhead 2000

5:47 Connery once said "I wouldn't piss on Broccoli and Saltzman if they were on fire."

I agree that it's not great, but worse than AVTAK? Tough call.

Fatima Blush my favorite Bond girl ...Crazy and sexy at the same time.

Ok but after Grace Jones in “The Living Daylights” Barbara Carrera is second best Bond girl.

Sean Connery was HOT. Only reason to see this film.

I saw this in the theater when I was 13.

I like NSNA and the idea of the retirement like he did At the end. On the other Side his Bond in this film is charming and funny like Rogers version.

I liked this movie when I saw this at the theater.

It was better than Quantum of Solace 🤷‍♂️

This film was an answer on Jeopardy!

Another great job Stam. Have to agree with your assessment of the film. Connery was still fun to watch, but I preferred Octopussy which had a great plot.

I used to have a fan edit of this movie called "Thunderball II: Never Say Never Again" (which doesn't make much sense If you watch the films back to back I know) where they basically put a lot of the "official move" stuff like the gun barrel, and the JB theme back in. They robbed the soundtrack and title sequence from Thunderball (and others). They actually didn't do much to the structure of the film, other than tighten up some of the goofy stuff. Surprising just how much it improved the movie, easy beats Diamonds and the original Thunderball and half the Moore offerings (IMO of coarse). Sadly this was a while back and it was on RW CD's, came to play it one day and 💩.

It's the sort of thing out kids are more interested in while they're school age, especially secondary. The secondary schools up and down the country should teach our kids more about James Bond than just simply force onto them Shakespeare, Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky. I don't just mean Ian Fleming the creator of Bond as a man himself who lived only 56 years (1908-64), but more for his lead character who all age groups will identify with. Incidentally, Fleming also created Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the Story he wrote well before coming up with the end product of Secret Agent 007, James Bond.