Amazon.com video review:
After years of enduring Roger Moore in the role of James Bond,
it was good to have Sean Connery back in this 1983 film for a
one-time-only trip down 007's memory lane. Connery's Bond, a bit of a
dinosaur in the British secret service at (then) 52, is still in
demand during times of crisis. Sadly, the film is not very good. In
this rehash of Thunderball, Bond is
pitted against a worthy underwater villain (Klaus Maria Brandauer);
and while the requisite Bond Girls include beauties Kim Basinger and
Barbara Carrera, they can't save the movie. The script has several
truly dumb passages, among them a (gasp) video-game duel between 007
and his nemesis that now looks utterly anachronistic. For Connery
fans, however, this widescreen print of the Irvin Kershner (The Empire Strikes Back) film is a
chance to say a final goodbye to a perfect marriage of actor and
character. --Tom Keogh
