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Bond: Roger Moore

Villain: Kamal Khan, an exiled Afghan prince, played by Frenchman Louis Jourdan

Bond Girl: Octopussy, leader of the Octopus cult, played by Maud Adams

"Bond, James Bond" Occurrences: 1

Martinis: 0

Card Games: 0

Cigarettes Smoked: 0

Explosions: 2

Tuxes Worn: 2

Kills By Bond: 13 + at least two dozen in opening explosion

Most Creative Kill: James smashes an attackers face into an aquarium containing a poisonous octopus.

Gadgets: Acid pen, liquid crystal television watch, crocodile suit

Mental State of Miss Moneypenny: Preparing for retirement

First Occurrence of Sex: 43 minutes in

Sexual Partners: 2 (Magda, Octopussy)

Most Unrealistic Moments: One of Khan's hired assassins uses what is essentially a circular saw yoyo as a weapon. It requires him to stand hit above victims, but the film treats it as a real threat.

Most "Bond" Moments: As Q introduces Bond to his new watch, 007 zooms in on the breasts of a nearby woman.

Place in Bond History: Roger Moore almost didn't star in "Octopussy." Producers brought in American actor James Brolin when they thought their former 007 would not return. Brolin's screen test was included on the DVD release and can be viewed below.

Review: "Octopussy" is unique as a Bond movie in that it provides the perfect visual metaphor for the state of the series at that time. While avoiding the cops and attempting to disarm a nuclear bomb hidden inside a circus cannon, Bond disguises himself as a clown. It's all too fitting for the late-Moore era camp-fest.

Looking back on "Octopussy," the penultimate Moore Bond movie—if you keep track of that sort of thing—it's difficult to recall what the film is actually about. There are East-West tensions, diamond smuggling, fake eggs, and a circus subplot, which is always a bad idea. Though the series has never been known for dramatic weight or narrative coherency, the breathless jumble of the "Octopussy" story makes itself undeniably apparent.

Aside from that, there is some considerable stunt work done near the end of the film, during the film chase sequence. As Khan flies away with a captive Octopussy (sigh…), Bond clings onto the outside of the small aircraft. The set piece is filled with the kind of stunts you don't see any more and the kind that makes these films all the more special.

The Bond-a-Thond will return next week in "A View to a Kill."

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