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, featuring the same plot involving stolen nuclear warheads and the criminal organization SPECTRE. The Return of the King

The film was released just months after the official Eon film , leading to a "Battle of the Bonds" at the box office Never Say Never Again -James Bond 007-

It would be dishonest to call Never Say Never Again a masterpiece. It suffers deeply from its structural debt to Thunderball . The plot beats are identical: nuclear warheads stolen, Bond goes to a health spa, meets Domino, infiltrates a French chateau, and fights Largo in an underwater battle. The pacing in the second act drags, weighed down by travelogue shots of the Bahamas that feel like a luxury tourism ad. , featuring the same plot involving stolen nuclear

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Michel Legrand replaces the classic Monty Norman theme with a jazzy, 80s-heavy soundtrack that is divisive but unique.