Live and Let Die (DVD)

In 1972 the producers of the James Bond series needed a new 007 actor again. Sean Connery had finally departed after returning for 1971's Diamonds Are Forever and everyone was well aware that George Lazenby, the first non-Connery Bond, had been rejected in 1969. Stepping into Connery's shoes seemed like an impossible job. The Lazenby gamble had not paid off and Eon were not inclined to cast another young unknown actor. The studio (MGM) suggested a Hollywood star could fill the Connery void and starting bringing up names like Clint Eastwood and Steve Mcqueen. Cubby Broccoli, the producer of the franchise, was agahst at this prospect and promptly rejected Burt ...  Read the complete review

Live and Let Die is the 8th film in the James Bond film series and the first to star Roger Moore as Bond, and was released in 1973 . The Plot : Within 24 Hours, three British Secret Service Agents are killed while monitoring the operations of Dr Kananga ( Yaphet Kotto ) a dictator of a small island in the Caribbean " San Monique". James Bond ( Roger Moore ) is dispatched to New York where Kananga where Kananga is currently visiting the UN and where the first agent was killed, on route to meet CIA Agent Felix Leiter ( David Hedison ) Bonds driver is killed and Bond escapes death in the car crash. After tracking down ...  Read the complete review

The eighth Bond film sees the third actor to play 007 in as many films. After Sean Connery couldn't be convinced to return to the role again, the producers were searching for a new actor to play the British MI6 agent. Julian Glover was amongst many actors to be considered for the role but "Cubby" Broccoli and Harry Saltzman came back to an actor that they had viewed before and after his success in the TV series "The Saint", Roger Moore was announced as the "New James Bond" for the upcoming Live And Let Die. Guy Hamilton follows up from Diamonds Are Forever with another Bond film predominately shot in and around the USA. Bond is ...  Read the complete review

Well the Bond series of films are legendary. They all have the gadgets, the style, the car and the car chases, the women and the action. With Dr No being released in 1963, this franchise must be one of the longest going in cinema history and the excitement of 'who will be the next Bond' is a regular occurence. Thus Roger Moore entering the Bond arena in Live and Let Die, this 1973 film, took over from the legend and, to some, the only real Bond, Sean Connery. Even though Connery's last official Bond film 'Diamonds are Forever' saw him bloated and wigged in a not very well scripted or crafted action piece, Moore still needed to add something to stop the franchise slipping ...  Read the complete review

The Bond franchise was in a bad state by this stage, Live and Let Die was announced as the next Bond and again another actor was going to play the title role. In fact this was the third actor to play Bond in just as many films. The actor chosen to play 007 was Roger Moore, he was everything that Bond was supposed to be, and the strangest thing is that he was actually older than Connery who refused to play Bond because at 42 he thought he was too old! The characters in the film are taken straight out of the novel by Ian Fleming, the locations run somewhat parallel to the book, and the plot is somewhat different and goes off on a tangent in really any ...  Read the complete review