10/10
The Man With the Golden Gun ****
22 November 2012
Warning: Spoilers
Roger Moore was again in top form in this 1974 film.

Believed to be targeted by a world known assassin who hasn't been seen, it becomes Moore's responsibility to get to him first.

It is only when we're into the film that it becomes known that Moore wasn't the original tart of Christopher Lee, but then he sees quite a diabolical plot that Lee has in store for mankind.

Britt Ekland gives new meaning to the dumb blonde who supposedly assists 007 in his exploits. Maud Adams, the mistress of Lee, finally admits that she was the one who drew Moore into the scheme so that by killing Lee, she could be free of him.

That southern gentleman brings comic relief to the film in a chase scene. The chase along Hong Kong's water routes was also quite memorable.

The "adorable" Herve Villechaize, a cohort of Lee, is evil and up to plenty of tricks.

Note old-timer Mark Lawrence in the beginning sequence in his losing gun battle with Lee. The former often played in gangster films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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