parklife7

This has to be one of the best sci-fi films ever made .Michael Rennie is simply superb as the understated Klaatu, well spoken and completely unthreatening, just makes out how stupid US forces were seen to be, shoot first etc etc especially in one of the last scenes when the 'dead' Klaatu emerges from the spaceship and the army draw their sidearms! Even the token 'punk kid' is not annoying at all, and actually adds to the story that is being told. This thriller is very atmospheric and is so so so much better than the Keanu Reeves re-boot in which he is just like a block of wood and consequently completely rubbish.

I am in the process of watching re-runs of this on Yesterday and have always loved it, the comedy is so well observed and it just doesn't seem to date at all. Bob and Terry are characters that we can all identify with, we were one of them back in the day, my brother was certainly Bob and I was Terry! Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais' finest work, and that is saying something!

This is my favourite Band film, the character has real depth and there are not the sex scenes loaded with innuendo as others have had. Dalton brings a grim reality to the role, he is beaten up, tied up etc etc bloody face as well where as before the Connery and Moore versions would not have a hair out of place. The fact that Bond is NOT working for MI6 but on his own also lends a different dimension to the film that is refreshing. Benecio Del Toro is an excellent villain despite not being on screen for long and the Sanchez character is just perfect for the film. I say watch this film with an open mind and you may think, as I do. that Dalton was an excellent Bond with an all too short tenure (politics}