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Written by Christopher Wood And Richard Maibaum
Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Sir Frederick Gray, Minister of Defence: "Bond! What do you think you're doing?"
James Bond: "Keeping the British end up, sir."
I'm getting into the swing of the Roger Moore era of James Bond and this was definitely an interesting take as it's probably the least book faithful of the Bond movies. It's almost a different film in itself.
The movie started with British and Soviet ballistic submarines suddenly vanish and there's a nice ski chase with Bond being pursued by the likes of Sergei Barsov (Michael Billington). He's also the lover of Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach).
She's on the side of the Soviets and an agent named XXX. She's also more than capable of giving James a run for his money and there's some undeniably strong sexual chemistry between the pair. I mean their chemistry's so good, it led to a truly funny final line in the movie.
Of course when James and Anya weren't flirting and sparring with one another, there was also the villain of the piece. Karl Stromberg (Curtis Jurgens) was a megalomaniac who wanted to cause World War III and destroy the world. He's definitely got the boo hiss baddie vibe and he's given a suitable death to boot.
However, it's not Stromberg who stood out the most. This was the movie that debuted Jaws (Richard Kiel). It's quite a movie when the henchman outshone the actual villain itself but looks at Jaws. He's a formidable foe that I enjoyed immensely and I'm glad that he survived this film.
- There's a solid performance from Caroline Munro as Stromberg's pilot and would be assassin, Naomi.
- I did love the car that James and Anya could function underwater. That was a cool scene.
- Standout music: Carly Simon's Nobody Does It Better.
- Chronology: Set in Austria as well as Sardinia.
The Spy Who Loved Me might be the horniest film in the James Bond series but it's also a lot of fun and it debuted Jaws himself. It's hard not to have a good time with this one.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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