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  Review by Matt Singer ★★ 7

  What does it say about Roger Moore's other Bond movies, that this one, where he punches out a hockey team in full pads, fights a man in a robotic scuba suit at the bottom of the ocean, and gets into ski chase with a motorcycle on a bobsled track, is considered his "serious" one?

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  Review by Ethan Colburn ★★★ 6

  I was fully prepared to put this up as my favorite Roger Moore for the first 40 minutes. There’s an amazing ski chase, a car chase through an olive farm, a great origin story for the Bond girl, it’s all super fun. After that point there’s a lot of unnecessary plot that drags the film down. That being said, I appreciated a slightly more serious Bond sandwiched between Moonraker and Octopussy, the two corniest of the franchise.

  I’m just overall disappointed by the Roger Moore era revisiting these films. While he’s quite charming at times, the writing suffered quite a bit and the franchise feels tired relative to the fresh and fun Sean Connery era, and even the underrated Timothy…

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  Review by Marco Risch ★★★★ 6

  Four Stars Only für den besten Bondfilm mit Roger Moore! Dieser hier hat ironischerweise die albernste Introsequenz, während Moores schlechtester Film die beste zeigt: A View To A Kill.

  For Your Eyes Only ist ein waschechter Spionagethriller, bei dem es mal nicht gleich um die Rettung der Welt geht, sondern um Ost und West, um die freischaffenden Spione und Doppelagenten dazwischen und um einen geradlinigen Racheplot.

  Das alles gewürzt mit der Fremdscham-Cheesiness eines Roger Moore, der auch mal kaltblütig Richter spielen darf.

  Plus: Bester E-Gitarren-Einsatz der Reihe!

  For Your Ears Only.

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  Review by Deckk ★★★ 4

  100-word review: A ship with a system to coordinate British nuclear submarines with aboard is sunk. 007 must retrieve the system before the Soviets lay hands on it. He's helped by a marine archaeologist's daughter. By combining the winter sports shenanigans of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (this franchise loves skiing) with more suspenseful underwater sequences than Thunderball (this franchise loves sharks), this twelfth entry in the James Bond saga makes up for a lack of plot progression in the first two acts with fun action across the board, and relatively low levels of sexism. Furthermore, it features trad climbing! Let's go!

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  Review by Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★★½

  Fuera de Serie: Bond, James Bond - The International Spy, The Icon & The Once Serial Women Beater

  After the disappointing Moonraker, the franchise returns, in many ways, to its roots while still maintaining the sense of humour that has marked all of Roger Moore's Bond films.

  Despite the fact that, at first, characters like Q were in a lousy mood, responding with a level of cynicism that was rather shocking. I also think all of us agree that the way the biggest antagonist of the series was killed off was utterly bizarre and lame, especially with his absence, which made the death somewhat underwhelming. I kept thinking which of all the actors had died since in all honesty, this man…

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  Review by 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗧 𝗥𝗢𝗪 ℝ𝔼𝕍𝕀𝔼𝕎 ★½ 3

  As the ’70s gave way to the ‘80s, it was time for another change in the Bond franchise. Moonraker had pretty much taken the absurd to breaking point - once you put James Bond in space, there’s only one way to go and it ain’t up. So in fairness to Eon, they were probably wise to drop a lot of the hokey elements of before, and go for a more stripped back thriller.

  That’s how they sold it anyway…

  The main problem is, that whole concept is a bit of a fallacy when it comes to For Your Eyes Only. You only have to take one look at the opening not-Blofeld (copyright issues) scene, to see that (not even that)…

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  Review by Geoff T ★★★★ 5

  Geoff T's James Bond-a-Thon #12
  For Your Eyes Only (1981)

  The first Bond film of the 80s and directed by series-editor John Glen. For Your Eyes Only almost ties with LALD and TSWLM for my favourite Bond film of the Moore era. It has everything I'd want really, such as cool chase scenes, explosive action, good characters and catchy music. Compared to Moonraker, it's also a much more (literally) down-to-earth entry, with the campiness severely downplayed.

  With Bond back on Earth, he's set to investigate a fatal submarine accident where an ATAC ('Automatic Targeting Attack Communicator') has been stolen. Meanwhile, Melina Havelock (armed with a deadly crossbow) is on a path for vengeance after her parents are viciously shot down,…

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  Review by {Todd} ★★★ 11

  "For your eyes only, I never need to hide.
  You can see so much in me, so much in me that's new.
  I never felt until I looked at you." - Theme song... I love it.

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  Why would anyone have sex with James Bond when 87% of the women he sleeps with get killed? These are like high class snuff films.

  When a British ship with top secret encryption technology sinks in the Ocean, Bond is sent to get the tech before the Russians get there first. This takes Bond on a trip around…

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  Review by russman ★★★

  A figure skater I dislike more than Tonya Harding

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  Review by Quintin 📽 Philipson ★★½

  The James Bond villains are hilarious bad 😂😂

  Bond Villain: "I have you right where I want you Bond!"
  Bond: "You gonna shoot me with that gun in your hand?"
  Bond Villain: "Nahhhh I'm gonna tie you to my boat and drag you in the water. Tee hee, your suit will get wet before you escape."

  Bond Villain: "I have you right where I want you Bond."
  Bond: "You gonna shoot me with that gun in your hand?"
  Bond Villain: "Nahhhh I'm gonna push you off the mountain you just climbed up with the harness you still have on. That way you can just climb up and shoot me instead!

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  Review by Calvin Dyson ★★★½ 3

  While it has never been a favourite Bond film of mine, it does get top points for Minister of Defence annoyed-jowl-wiggling.

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  Review by Graham ★★½

  Car chases, pretty girls, hairy chests, casual misogyny... that's what you expect in the average slice of 00-lyf.

  This time Roger Moore is especially irksome and reminded me why he's my least favourite Bond. With the un-scariest bad guys, most lightweight plot, worst car and so many awful supporting performances, this is the weakest in the series for me. Moore seals the deal with a performance that is tantamount to sleepwalking.

  The Sheena Easton theme tune is kinda catchy though. That's my biggest take away from this one I reckon.