Summary: Daffy plot, innuendo and raised eyebrows – good but not everyone's idea of `Bond'

When nuclear submarines go missing James Bond is forced to team up with this Russian counterpart
Agent XXX to recover a microfilm that holds the secrets of the device that allows the subs to be easily
tracked. The trail leads them to the oceanic layer of businessman Karl Stromberg however they also
have a hired assassin, Jaws, to contend with.

The plot is the standard `crazy guy wants to take over the world deal'. Here Stromberg wants to
destroy the world so that the survivors will all live in his underwater paradise. However this is sidelined
for the most part by the hunt for lost microfilm – allowing us to enjoy the film and forge the silly `Dr
Evil' type aim. The film allows for a lot more humour and innuendo than usual – in fact the whole
Moore era brings that with it. The big let down is that darker themes aren't explored and the tension
between the two leads ends in what can only be described as a wet joke.

Moore is not the best Bond but he's alright. I'm not a big fan of his spoof-like touch that he brings but
he's OK. Bach is good and brings the darker side of her character out quite well – at least until the end
where she just becomes another Bond girl (albeit in a very, very sexy top!) Jürgen doesn't make a very
good baddie but Kiel is so memorable that he came back in Moonraker for more.

Overall this just about manages to be enjoyable but really it's closer to a spoof than a Bond film. Better
had gone before and, happily, was to come after.