IMDb plot summary: James Bond is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin, while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder.
Directed by Guy Hamilton. Stars Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, and Britt Ekland.
The Man With the Golden Gun is a Roger Moore James Bond film, in which the titular Man with the Golden Gun sends Bond a threat, which leads to 007 traipsing around the world looking for his potential assassin, and the piece of technology that he's stolen. This definitely cements for me that the Roger Moore era of Bond is the one I'm most likely to enjoy. It's big and bold and often silly, especially in its final moments -- one of Bond's near scrapes with death comes from a scantily clad woman accidentally hitting the wrong lever with her rear end. Since the story is set in Asia, there's an unfortunate amount of orientalism, which is certainly hard to watch at times. The film is on much surer footing once we get to the island, as Christopher Lee is delightful as the villainous Salamanca. There are now two Bond films I can confidently say I like, and both are Moore. Guess I should watch the rest of his!
How it entered my Flickchart:
🎥 The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
📊 Ranked #971/4199 on my Flickchart
🎯 Flickscore™: 77
beat Deep Impact (#2098 → #2099)
beat The Other Boleyn Girl (#1038 → #1039)
lost to All Quiet on the Western Front (held at #518)
lost to True Lies (held at #778)
lost to Support Your Local Sheriff! (held at #907)
beat Little Women (#972 → #973)
lost to Kwaidan (held at #939)
lost to Westworld (held at #955)
lost to Sisters (held at #963)
lost to The Beguiled (held at #967)
lost to The House (held at #969)
lost to Mirage (held at #970)
beat The Impostors (#971 → #972)
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