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Ever Heard of Evel Knievel?

The Man with the Golden Gun occupies a weird place in the James Bond universe. It had one of the best Bond villains (Christopher Lee as Scaramanga), and one of the worst Bond comic reliefs (Clifton James as Sheriff J.W. Pepper). It centered around a serious and realistic threat (the 1970s energy crisis), but had a final showdown in a carnival funhouse (Scaramanga's island). The big chase scene perfectly encapsulates the successes and the failures with this mash-up of a movie:

His fellow agent kidnapped and his transportation disabled, Bond must resort to stealing an unmodified car to give chase. He has none of his usual gadgets to help him, but must instead rely on his wits and his reflexes to prevent the villain from making good on his escape. Bond is close on Scaramanga's tail, until he is forced into taking a turn that puts him on the wrong side of a river with the only crossings miles away in either direction. With no options left, he sees a partially demolished bridge and tries a desperate move. Thanks to his steady hand and impeccable control, he makes the landing and continues the pursuit...

That actually makes for a pretty good Bond scene. But then they made his fellow agent a nitwit who got locked in a trunk, stuck a buffoon on vacation in the passenger's seat, and then added in a stupid slide whistle sound effect during the jump.


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