Unless their ransom demands are met, S.P.E.C.T.R.E. threatens to unleash the nuclear weapons on a major city. Of course, Her Majesty s government deploys all of their top agents, including James Bond, to recover the weapons before S.P.E.C.T.R.E. can carry out their deadly threat. Bond immediately finds himself on the inside track, jetting off to the Bahamas to find the missing nukes. Overall, MGM s transfer delivers a crisp, well-defined image and very well reproduced colors. Flesh tones appear very healthy, while the rest of the well-saturated hues are recreated without a trace of chroma noise or bleeding.
Film grain is noticeable in a handful of shots and is easily ignored.
Blacks are pure and the image offers very smooth contrast. Most of the sound effects move across the forward soundstage, although the rear channels do see some action. Dialogue reproduction is consistently clean and intelligible. A French monaural soundtrack is also encoded onto the DVD, as are English and French subtitles. The menu system utilizes animation, sound and full motion video to enhance navigation.