Film reviews: Dr. No (1962) Part 3

After his confrontation with Professor Dent, Bond heads down to the dock where he meets Felix and Quarrel who are setting up the boat to head to Crab Key.

Bond and Quarrel then spend the night on the beach of Crab Key, come morning Bond is woken by the sound of singing.

We are then introduced to Honey Ryder played by Ursula Andress, the first actual Bond girl.

Obviously raising a few eyebrows as she comes out of the water, we will see this image recreated later in the franchise which cements its position as an Iconic Bond moment.

After they introduce themselves to each other, we finally see Quarrel who alerts them of a patrol boat heading towards them.

Lets be honest, they aren't exactly blending in with the surroundings, I'm surprised they didn't spot Quarrel earlier with his bright red top that he never seems to change.

The boat drives by and shoots at the beach despite Bond and the others hiding, they then leave to 'Get the dogs' as they put it which leaves little choice but for Bond and Quarrel to head further into the Island.

After finding Honey's boat damaged by the gunshots, she heads off with them too after saying she knows a place to hide.

One of the reoccurring mentions in this film is of a legend, apparently a Dragon lives on the Island and these are its tracks (according to Honey).

They don't look much like dragon tracks to me, I don't know what kind of dragons she seen in her time.

We then delve into a bit of Honey's past, as she mentions her father being killed by Dr. No. If more was made of this it would make this part more interesting, as it adds more depth to the mystery of Dr. No and makes you wonder why he would murder her father. It could also add an exterior motive for Honey being on the Island rather than to just collect shells.

Bond and the others move on and are caught up by 'The Dragon' which is in fact just a tractor with a flame thrower, but is quite an imposing vehicle.

We then witness the sad death of Quarrel who unfortunately is burnt by the flames. Leaving Bond and Honey to be captured by the crew of the Dragon and taken to Dr. No's base.

They are then decontaminated as the swamp they were in was covered in radiation, and apparently a nice shower and some soap rids them of that radiation. Never knew washing radiation away was so easy!

After their shower they are then given rather lovely rooms to stay in the night. For the next morning they will be dining with Dr. No. For prisoners they are given rather nice rooms.

The next morning Bond and Honey are lead to the dining area, where we finally meet Dr. No played by Joseph Wiseman, only and hour twenty minutes into the film. Who finally offers Bond his first actual Shaken not stirred drink of the series.

But also presents us almost immediately with his metal hands, being the first ever Bond villain to have a deformity of some kind. This makes Dr. No's character all the more imposing. The fact that it implies that he has no actual hands makes you question what happened to them and what can he do, in my opinion the characters most interesting feature as it is a result of his work and shows how determined he is to complete his mission.

To make us feel just that little bit more uneasy, he then reveals at the dinner table that he lost them during his work with radioactive substances. Bet that's enough to put you off you're dinner.

Dr. No reveals himself to be a member of SPECTRE (SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence Terrorism Revenge Extortion) which is a hell of a mouthful, but shows more depth to the World of James Bond, revealing a mysterious criminal organisation capable of world domination. I do enjoy this conversation as both exchange some great lines, creating some memorable moments like, "World domination, same old dream" - Bond. If anything it is one of my favourite moments and almost makes up for the fact that Dr. No has been absent for most of the film.

But eventually Dr. No has enough of Bond and orders his guards to 'soften him up' for when they talk again.

Sorry if this part seemed a bit jumpy in places but not a lot interesting happens between them, but the final part will conclude this Dr. No review, allowing to us move on with the series!