For Your Eyes Only (1981)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 1981
	Director: John Glen
	Actors: Roger Moore (From Russia with Love, Moonraker), Carole Bouquet, Topol
	Country: GB
	Genre: Action
	Conditions of visioning: 28.12.2017, in-flight entertainment system 10" screen
Synopsis: After a British spy boat is sunk with an encrypting device on board, James Bond (Moore) is sent to investigate the murder of the man who was secretly trying to locate the wreck, but his own daughter (Bouquet) is looking for answers as well.
Review: After the bad experience of The Spy Who Loved me, I watched that other James Bond movie produced four years later and it turned out to be much better. The movie has aged and some of it looks a bit cheap today, which I noticed in particular with the poor sound effects and the dated funky-ish soundtrack. But it contains everything you expect from such a movie, if you can stand as usual the exaggerated villains, Action and womanizing. The story is less megalomaniac than in many other Bonds and the characters are a bit more refined, not just cannon fodder for an indestructible Bond, in particular his antagonist who turns out not to be who we thought, and the Bond-girl played by the French Carole Bouquet who isn't as easy as the usual lot and plays that well. The movie is almost a summary of the sub-genre which is just what I was expecting from it: you get a car chase, ski chase, underwater action, helicopters, a casino, henchmen, ... almost like it was trying to turn a page, which is also the impression given by the pre-opening credit scene: Bond on the grave of his assassinated wife followed by the expedited defeat of his long-time enemy Blofeld.
Rating: 6 /10