Posted at 14.10.2008 16:23 by iX
With 2 & 1/2 weeks until Bond number 22 hits the big screens (only in UK, France plus Sweden mind you), MGM has delighted fans of this, arguably the best, special agent movie series by producing Blu-ray versions of some of the classic Bond adventures. SEPTiC didn’t hesitate and what better way to start than the very first movie of the franchise? This has been remastered in HD, but it’s still the best way to see Ursula come out of the sea in THAT scene…
Review
Released in 1962, this first James Bond movie remains one of the best, and serves as an entertaining reminder that the Bond series began (in keeping with Ian Fleming’s novels) with a surprising lack of gadgetry plus big-budget fireworks. Sean Connery was just 32 years old when he won the role of Agent 007. In his first adventure James Bond is called to Jamaica where a colleague and secretary have been mysteriously killed. With an American CIA agent (Jack Lord, pre-Hawaii Five-O), they discover that the nefarious Dr. No (Joseph Wiseman) is scheming to blackmail the U.S. government with a device capable of deflecting plus destroying U.S. rockets launched from Cape Canaveral. Of course, Bond takes time off from his exploits to enjoy the company of a few gorgeous women, including the bikini-clad Ursula Andress. She gloriously kicks off the long-stplusing tradition of Bond women who know how to please their favorite secret agent. A sexist anachronism? Maybe, but this is Bond at his purest, kicking off a series of movies that shows no sign of slowing down.
Genre: Action | Adventure | Thriller
IMDB rating: 7.3/10 (27,149 votes)
Directed by: Terence Young
Starring: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, Jack Lord, Bernard Lee, Anthony Dawson, Zena Marshall, John Kitzmiller, Eunice Gayson, Lois Maxwell, Peter Burton
Release Name: James.Bond.007.Dr.No.1962.720p.BluRay.x264-SEPTiC
Quality: Blu-ray, 1280×768 x264 4188 kbps, DTS
Size: 4.37 GB - 1xDVD-5
Runtime: 110 minutes
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