Due to complicated legal issues, Never Say Never Again is not part of the official Eon-MGM/UA-Columbia/TriStar-Sony* Bond cannon. But it does have Sean Connery, so that gives it way more street cred than the original Casino Royale. Unfortunately, for a Bond film, it's a little lame. Don't get me wrong it's got some cool stuff (Connery fights a couple of sharks) but it also has some not so great stuff (Bond and a villain have a video game showdown, comic relief is provided by Mr. Bean as Nigel Small-Fawcett). The critical misstep, however, is having the film focus on the number two man at SPECTRE, Maximilian Largo (played by some random guy), as the main bad guy when they have Max von Sydow cast as Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the number one man at SPECTRE and coolest Bond villain. It's a missed opportunity and one that could only be made by someone who doesn't really know what makes a Bond film.
*This corporation is no longer affiliated with the MGM Grand Las Vegas.
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