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Thunderball (James Bond 007)
James Bond heads to the Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.
July 18, 1924 in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, UK
30 June 1924, Brussels, Belgium
21 August 1900, London, England, UK
October 3, 1909 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
5 February 1920, Cairo, Egypt
26 July 1930, Plymstock, Devon, England, UK
6 December 1921, London, England, UK
22 November 1923, Hamilton, New Zealand
April 27, 1935 in Berlin, Germany
12 May 1922, London, England, UK
October 23, 2012
Connery's Bond was never better than this.
January 01, 2000
Classic 007 -- not the best picture in the long-running series, to be sure, but a more-than-worthwhile diversion for the action-loving escapist in us all.
June 24, 2006
The fourth Bond, marking the point at which spectacular hardware began to dominate the series. Sleek and quite fun all the same.
October 29, 2012
The fourth, most commercially successful Bond to date, is known for its pre-credits sequences, underwater battles, and escalating number of violent deaths.
October 23, 2015
Connery's last exceptional Bond as it gives 007 a competent villain, a thrilling adventure in an unusual setting, great Bond Babes and one of the series' all-time best scenes.
October 27, 2015
Director Terence Young never quite solves the pacing problems posed by filming underwater, but John Stears's Oscar-winning special effects more than compensate.
May 06, 2008
Slightly bloated Bond, with too much technology for my taste and a climactic slaughter that's a little too mindless to be much fun.
October 23, 2015
Terence Young's direction is nothing if not taut, whisking the narrative along with the speed and precision of a jet plane, defying one to express boredom.
May 06, 2008
There's visible evidence that the reported $5.5 million budget was no mere publicity figure; it's posh all the way.
May 09, 2005
The color is handsome. The scenery in the Bahamas is an irresistible lure. Even the violence is funny. That's the best I can say for a Bond film.
October 13, 2008
If Thunderball's gimmickry seems to overreach at times, Actor Connery gains assurance from film to film, by now delivers all his soppiest Jimcracks martini-dry.
October 27, 2015
For all its flaws, it was classic Bond. And remains so.