The Man with the Golden Gun

Roger Moore’s second James Bond adventure seems caught in between tones. On the one hand we have flying cars, cartoony stunts, a midget henchman, the inexplicable return of a Louisiana sheriff in Thailand, a laser gun, and a third nipple. On the other we have Bond with an edge again and an antagonist who feels like a real threat and a late soliloquy about how he and Bond are mirror images of each other. It’s all arranged in a rather overly complicated fashion designed to include some kung fu...