{2.5\/5} “Spend the money quickly, Mr. Bond.”<\/p>\n
Octopussy<\/strong>, released in 1983<\/p>\n James Bond is on the trail of someone who bought a Faberg\u00e9 egg at auction for a much higher price than normal. His superiors think the Russians may be creating fake eggs — and they’re right. It’s part of a scheme of one Russian general who wants to go to war with the West.<\/p>\n The Indian locations are terrific, filmed in the city of Udaipur. The story has its moments, but there’s quite a bit of silliness.<\/p>\n It’s not surprising but it is disappointing that we’re not shown the slightest hint of a real relationship between Bond and Octopussy. Particularly when the theme song talks about an “all time high.”<\/p>\n Robert Brown plays M, stepping into the role after the death of original actor Bernard Lee. He plays him in 3 more movies after this one.<\/p>\n Walter Gotell plays General Gogol, in this and 5 other movies in the series. He also plays a different character in From Russia with Love<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Maud Adams, who plays Octopussy, previously played Scaramanga’s girlfriend Andrea in The Man with the Golden Gun<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Stars Roger Moore and Louis Jourdan. Directed by John Glen (For Your Eyes Only<\/strong>). The music by John Barry is not as inspired as some of his Bond soundtracks but it’s good.<\/p>\n This is probably the 2nd time I’ve seen it.<\/p>\n