Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
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A monstrous tidal wave has left the luxury liner Poseidon capsized mid-ocean and its few survivors...
Horror Express (1972)
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Anglo-Spanish SF horror movie. Travellers on the Trans-Siberian Railway discover a monster in their...
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
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The Assassination Bureau is loosely based on a turn-of-the-century yarn written by Jack London....
Cape Fear (1962)
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Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum star in Hollywood's classic tale of revenge and murder. Robert...
Kevin Phillipson (9928 KP) rated On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) in Movies
Mar 1, 2018
It also has the perfect love song from louis armstrong. And telly savalas as blofeld and the ending still gets me
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
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From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ (Max...
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
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In the midst of World War II, an array of colorful American soldiers gets inside information from a...
Awix (3310 KP) rated Horror Express (1972) in Movies
Mar 14, 2018 (Updated Mar 14, 2018)
Benefits enormously from the old Lee-Cushing magic; Telly Savalas turns up at the end and manages to upstage them both (no mean feat). Decent production values, once you get past the dubbing (movie was made without sound and had multiple different soundtracks added for different markets). Maybe it can't quite make its mind up whether to be a supernatural horror movie or sci-fi, but the genre mash-up is at least distinctive and interesting. Great fun; deserves to be better known.
Darren (1599 KP) rated On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) in Movies
Nov 7, 2019
Performances – George Lazenby doesn’t have the same level of charisma or charm that Sean Connery brings, this only disappoints and takes us away from the film in places. Diana Rigg does bring class the to Bond girl role, showing more commitment to this role that Lazenby. Telly Savalas struggles to step into Donald Pleasence’s shoes in the Blofeld role almost being a parody of the character.
Story – The story here takes James on his latest mission which is to capture Blofeld after his escape last time out, this takes him in a new direction away from the tropical islands and into the snow-covered mountain ranges as Blofeld is working on his next plan to become rich. The story is a way too long compared to previous films and does drag at times, the fact Blofeld doesn’t remember James is a big issue for me because them coming face to face was a big moment in You Only Live Twice. The highlight of the story comes from the fact we get a surprise ending which does show us that we are ready to continue the battle.
Action/Adventure – The action is a complete mixed bag because certain fights are good, but then the horrible green screen moments just don’t work. The adventure takes James to a new location which is all we want at times.
Settings – We are set in the Swiss Alps on top of one of the mountains which shows us a base that isn’t easy to escape from and away from the bikinis we have been seeing too often.
Scene of the Movie – Ski escape.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – Blofeld not remember Bond.
Final Thoughts – This is the weakest in the series to date, we just don’t get drawn in like before and the attempted new technology use only hinders the film.
Overall: Weakest Bond film to date.