With Skyfall dropping in theaters in just a couple months, along with the 50th anniversary of the James Bond series, a close friend and fellow film nerd, Brandon Peters, has generously offered to do a comprehensive review of the entire 007 film franchise. Today is the thirteenth entry, with a full review of that unofficial Bond adventure, Never Say Never Again. I hope you enjoy what is a pretty massive feature leading up the November 9th release of Skyfall. I'll do my best to leave my two-cents out of it, give or take a few items I have up my sleeve (including a possible guest review from my wife as she sings the praises of her favorite 007 film, you won't believe what it is). But just because I'm stepping aside doesn't mean you should. Without further ado...
Longitude 78
West: The Chronicles of Never Say Never
Again
1983
130 minutes
rated PG
1983
130 minutes
rated PG
Never Say Never Again
is a non canon James Bond film.
Hollywood usually has two very similar films released in a year, whether
they be similar premises (Dante’s Peak
and Volcano in 1997) or the exact
same subject matter (Capote and Infamous in 2006). But having an additional film apart from a
series while said series is going on?
And in the same year? Featuring
the same lead from earlier in the series?
How did this happen? We never had
two Kirks in different movies. Never two different Freddy movies. But, two James
Bonds did happen.
