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United Kingdom, United States · 1973
Rated PG · 2h 1m
Director Guy Hamilton
Starring Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Clifton James
Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
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In New Orleans, James Bond investigates the murder of three fellow agents. He soon finds himself a target of Mr. Big, a vicious drug lord. With help from a beautiful tarot-card reader, Solitaire, Bond fights to put an end to Mr. Big's deadly operation.
This eighth film in the Bond series marks the first appearance of Roger Moore as the superspy. Less macho than Sean Connery's Bond, Moore's fastidiously dressed 007 survives by his wits and injects more humor into the proceedings.
Guy Hamilton's direction lacks enthusiasm and pace, while even the art direction—long the Bond films' real secret weapon—seems to have fallen to a shrunken budget. Not much fun.
A modernised Bond is dragged kicking and screaming into the 70s.
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
Watching Live and Let Die isn't a complete waste of time, but there's no overriding reason why anyone should go out of their way to see it unless they're a die-hard Bond fan or are curious about Roger Moore's first turn in the role.
The most significant Bond ingredient missing from Live and Let Die is Q, whose gadgets still play a central role. The film also offers a few key additions, including an illuminating glimpse of Bond’s home.
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
It has all the necessary girls, gimmicks, subterranean control rooms, uniformed goons and magic wristwatches it can hold, but it doesn't have the wit and it doesn't have the style of the best Bond movies.
Antoine knows what he wants to do ... his problem is doing it.
Outer space now belongs to 007.