James Bond - The Spy Who Loved Me (Ultimate Edition, 2 DVDs)

The Spy Who Loved Me is the tenth entry in the James Bond franchise and the third to feature Roger Moore in the lead role. The film is one of the most famous and pivotal in the series and is generally regarded to be the one that established Moore as 007. The Spy Who Loved Me marked a return to the epic extravaganza Bond pictures of the sixties like Thunderball and You Only Live Twice, with incredible fantastical sets by Ken Adam and lavish photography. Lewis Gilbert, resposible for directing You Only Live Twice, was brought in to handle the most ambitious and complicated film yet attempted in the series. The Spy Who Loved Me cost twice as much as any previous ...  Read the complete review

The Moore Bonds have taken some stick by the public for being too far fetched and going too far with it's silliness. Live And Let Die was fine and never crossed any silliness boundaries but this film is the beginning of that. At the same time, though, we are treated with spectacular SFX and a lot of fun if you have an open mind and can accept that Roger Moore's Bond is different to Connery. The story for this one goes that Bond must defeat a villain hellbent on destroying the world with nuclear missiled submarines so he can sink the world beneath the ocean and have an "underwater city". Just writing that was ...  Read the complete review

1977 saw "Cubby" Broccoli return with the bond franchise with The Spy Who Loved Me (TSWLM). After You Only Live Twice 10 years ago, Lewis Gilbert was again to direct. After a disappointing box office return from The Man With The Golden Gun, its was a make or break period for the series. However, there was no need to panic as TSWLM is back to 007 greatness and provides us with one of the most memorable Bond films. The story centres on shipping magnate Karl Stromberg (Curt Jurgens) and his plans to start a nuclear war and build a new civilization under the sea. He comes up with a submarine tracking system and by using this he is able to secure both ...  Read the complete review

This was Roger moore's third outing as James Bond and personally one of my favourites.Made in the late seventies this film follows the usual tongue in cheek humour made famous by Roger along with a hard hitting edge i find he brings to the films. The plot - Several nuclear submarines have disappeared from their posts whilst on duty out at sea, a marine biologist called Stromberg, the films villain, is responsible for kidnapping the subs and their crews. He intends on using the subs from the U.S and Russia to fire nuclear missiles upon each others countries hoping each country will retaliate and create global destruction through a new world war. He plans to ...  Read the complete review

The Spy Who Loved Me is the third film starring Roger Moore as James Bond and the tenth film of the franchise. It examines the tensions during the detente period of the Cold War by partnering a Russian Major with Bond for the purposes of stopping an international catastrophe. It also features a change in director. Guy Hamilton leaves after four films at the helm and is replaced here by Lewis Gilbert, who returns to the Bond director's chair 10 years after directing You Only Live Twice. The Plot Shortly after escaping the attack of a number of Russian agents, James Bond is forced to team up with Major Anya Amasova, Russian officer, in order to halt ...  Read the complete review