Octopussy
James Bond’s all time high!
1983 • 131 min • Adventure · Action · Thriller
Synopsis
James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Fabergé egg. Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.
Our family guide
Best from age 12- 83 Reviewers · 6 · 69%
- 64 Audience · 2260 · 31%
James Bond tracks a stolen Fabergé egg, uncovering a plot involving jewel smugglers and a renegade Soviet general aiming to trigger a new World War. He races against time, traveling from India to East Berlin, to thwart global catastrophe.
- Violence & peril
- 4/10
- Language
- 2/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 4/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 4/10
- Scary moments
- 3/10
Heads up
- Moderate violence including hand-to-hand combat and gunplay.
- Characters drink alcohol and smoke, some suggestive situations.
- Scenes with exotic animals like crocodiles and snakes.
What it models well
- Courage and resourcefulness
- Protecting global peace
- Quick thinking under pressure
Talk about it after
- The Cold War and international espionage
- The importance of diplomacy
- Different cultures and traditions
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Top billed cast
Director: John Glen • Crew: George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson
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Reviewer notes
RecommendedProbably the most underrated Bond film ever. Octopussy is a film that despite it's reputation I still love and enjoy thoroughly.
RecommendedThis is my favourite Roger Moore outing as Ian Fleming's "007". A good, solid adventure story with Louis Jourdan as the ruthless, scheming "Kamal Khan" and Maud Adams as the equally ruthless, but far more glamorous "Octopussy" who are both involved in some seriously high-end jewel smuggling to fund a Soviet nuclear attack on NATO by the rogue Steven Berkoff (“Gen. Orlov").…
RecommendedMaybe the last of the great 007 films. This one has it all. It has a big theatrical beginning with a clown running for his life from two knife throwing twins. Well, the clown isn't 007, so you know what happens to him. It's an excellent start for an excellent theatrical story. The "plot" is a bit strange.…
Not recommendedI don't mind Moore as Bond, he's certainly not my favorite, I'm not the biggest fan of the silliness, but he has some 007 films that would make my top 10 list and... ... this is NOT one of them. In the only thing I want to write in this review is "It is so unbelievably bad." And not like Moonraker way to over-the-top even for a 007 film bad, but just absolutely horrible bad.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewers_**Roger Moore, Indiana Jones, India, Germany, Circuses, Russians, Trains, Time Bombs and Babes**_ Roger Moore's stint as James Bond lasted a whopping 12 years from 1973 to 1985. Moore started as Bond when he was 45 years old and ended when he was 57.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewers**One of the best of the James Bond series** Forget the dour, bland rubbish of the Daniel Craig era - Octopussy is how a James Bond film should be! **FUN!** The franchise has always been over the top ever since we saw _Sean Connery's James Bond wearing a strap on plastic seagull hat in the classic Goldfinger_ and Octopussy continues that absurdity only this time with Roger Moore.…
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