Bond 13: Octopussy (1983)

Director: John Glen

Starring: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan

More Info: IMDB

Tagline: James Bond's all time high.

Plot: A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death leads James Bond to uncovering an international jewel smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on NATO forces.



My Rating: 7/10

Would I watch it again? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.


Pretty good Bond picture. I really dig Inda as a locale. Jourdan makes a great villain. He's got class and that goes a long way. But that hideous beast of a girlfriend is easily one of the most unattractive Bond women EVER. EVER. (shown below left of Jourdan).


I really wish they'd treat the Ruskies seriously. Since THE SPY WHO LOVED ME they've been cartoon characters. I know, look at what we're dealing with. It's Bond. But still. The general who goes apeshit wanting to destroy the West is way over the top. I like the Bond pictures that have a little edge and seriousness. The guy that played Bond's contact in India, Vijay Amritraj (Vijay) was awesome. I would have liked to have seen more of him.

Other than that it's the final assault on Jourdan's palace tha bugs me. I mean, come on. A bunch of circus acrobatic women in skin-tight clothes politely killing and beating people up? And Bond showing up with Q in a HOT AIR BALLOON??? WTF? Up to that point it's a pretty good film and then they just lose it.

"James Bond will return in...Octocameltoe"
(click the picture to enlarge - you have been warned)

This came out one year prior to INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM and it's interesting how they share a few things in common. Jourdan's enforcer looks just like one of the main thugs in DOOM and there's also a dinner scene where Jourdan & company are served a disgusting entre - boiled sheep's head or something like it. You can't help but know that Spielberg/Lucas ripped off some ideas from this picture. Christ on crutches; A VIEW TO A KILL (1985) is next. Kill me now.

Scorethefilm will return with his thoughts to...

A VIEW TO A KILL (1985)