Adolfo Celi, Bernard Lee, Claudine Auger
In a bold and deadly scheme, the evil SPECTRE organization hijacks a NATO plane and seizes two atomic warheads, each capable of killing millions of innocent people. As the world is held hostage by the...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 19, 1999
Stats: 1,854 reviews
SPECTRE steal two nuclear weapons and threaten to destroy two cities unless their ransom demands are met. Thunderball was the first James Bond film as we know them today; it introduced the now familiar gadgetry and various plot elements have been used and re-used in Bond films ev...( read more)
while a bit slower than most bond films, its still a solid addition with a great storyline. the underwater fight at the end was inventive.
People may call it blasphemy but Thunderball was the first "average" Bond flick. The story follows SPECTRE's scheme of stealing a jet fighter for the two nuclear warheads it contains and using these to ransom the world in exchange for not destroying a major city. Bond (Sean Conne...( read more)
After the legendary success of Goldfinger , expectations were understandably astronomical for the next Bond installment, with 007 producers determined to consistently push the envelope, delivering a "bigger and better Bond" than ever before. Unfortunately, this determination prov...( read more)
More violent and sexy than its predecessors, Thunderball is another good addition to the series with the only man that could perfectly portray mr. Bond: Sean Connery. Although with a slower pace, it's far from being the worst of the series and has a very interesting underwater fi...( read more)
Perhaps the best out of all the Connery movies (in my opinion) next to Dr. No. Thunderball gives us one most memorable pre-title openers in the series. From the Gunbarrel to Sean Connery and the lady taking off in the sky, this movie delivers! The best underwater fight sequence i...( read more)
Bond 4 brings evil-pirate-dude, evil-big-fishies and assorted evil-number-coded-fluff-cast. SPECTRE steals two nuclear bombs in a creative way, gets us a lot of underwater shots, shows us how cool an yacht can be and gives a big sea battle between goons and american divers.
A great character driven movie where style is the obvious key aspect, however has some dull bits and the plot obviously takes a back seat. A typically great Bond Movie though.
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