For Your Eyes Only
No one comes close to James Bond, 007.
1981 • 128 min • Adventure · Action · Thriller
Synopsis
A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.
Our family guide
Best from age 12- 100 Reviewers · 6 · 69%
- 65 Audience · 2127 · 31%
James Bond embarks on a dangerous mission to retrieve a secret encryption device from a sunken spy ship before it falls into enemy hands. His quest takes him from the Greek islands to snowy mountain peaks, encountering various adversaries along the way.
- Violence & peril
- 6/10
- Language
- 3/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 4/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 5/10
- Scary moments
- 4/10
Heads up
- Action sequences with peril and some blood
- Suggestive situations and characters in revealing clothing
- References to drug trafficking and use of alcohol and cigarettes
What it models well
- Courage under pressure
- Loyalty to country
- Resourcefulness
Talk about it after
- The Cold War context and international espionage
- Consequences of revenge
- Defining right and wrong in conflict
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Top billed cast
Director: John Glen • Crew: Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson
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Reviewer notes
RecommendedAnother Bond I used to not like, while I have never seen this as one of the worst like Diamonds Are Forever, A View to a Kill and Licence to Kill, I did used to not like this film, but now I see it as a top 10 Bond film.
RecommendedA British spy trawler is sunk in the Aegean Sea. Oceanographer Jack Hedley ("Havelock") is tasked with trying to find the ship before a vital piece of tracking hardware falls into enemy hands.…
RecommendedDefinitely my favorite James Bond entry, as 007 must retrieve a device that can control nuclear weapons before it falls into the wrong (Soviet) hands. Moore cruises through, the action is excellent, and the film moves along briskly. (PG)- Physical violence, gun violence, mild gore, some profanity, brief female nudity, sexual references, some adult situations.
RecommendedThis is an epic Bond film. 007 is sent to beat Russia to find an important device that sank in the ocean. It's important to the security of the British people. There is non stop action, beautiful women, beautiful scenery, exotic locales, wit, gadgets, everything that makes Bond movies special and entertaining. Over the top?…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersThis and the Spy Who Loved me were Roger Moore's top 2 of his own Bond films... and I can see that. It's not as over-the-top as Moonraker (which is one of the worst Bond movies ever made), it's not as silly as some of his other outings, although, if you are a Moore fan that hasn't seen this yet, fear not, it still has the Silly Bond moments that are his trope. It's actually just... solid.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersBibi vs. Melina Agent 007 (Roger Moore) seeks to apprehend a lost British encryption device in order to prevent the Soviets from acquiring it as events switch from the Ionian Sea to a villa in Spain to wintery actions in Northern Italy to a Greek Island to Albania to an abandoned mountaintop monastery (Meteora, Greece).…
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