Review – Live and Let Die

Quite possibly the most offensively racist movie this side of Mandingo, though I suppose that when your source novel actually contains racial slurs, such repugnance comes naturally. I just want to cry every time I see Yaphet Kotto delivering the Hollywood Shuffle-style dialogue. On the (very small) plus side, this is Roger Moore’s first tour of duty as 007, and though he’s generally considered inferior to Connery, the latter actor was just simply too old after Diamonds Are Forever to keep up with the athletic, playboy part (which he proved beyond a doubt in Never Say Never Again). And of course the title tune by Paul McCartney is a legend in its own right. See if desperate