If you have ever considered putting on your tux, packing your Walther PPK and heading out to the casino for a friendly game of chemin de fer over a medium dry vodka martini (you know how to mix it) then you really need to get a hold of this box set.

When choosing 7 movies from a selection of 20, you inevitably are going to upset somebody (where's Thunderball?!?!). But the people who put this set together did an excellent job of representing bond over the years. Connery setting the role in such classics as Dr. No and Goldfinger that every bond afficianado must watch at least once a year. (In fact, the younger generations who have been brought up on a steady diet of Austin Powers need to go back to these old classics to understand why Austin is really so funny.)

The two Moore picks (Golden Gun and Spy who Loved Me) are about as good as Roger ever did.

They had to include a Dalton flick I suppose, so toss a coin on that one. The two Brosnan flicks at least include Goldeneye (Pierce's best IMHO).

I suppose they had to leave Thunderball around for the next box set. Goodness knows that they need something to package along with Lazenby's disaster and Die Another Day!

All the added features are a lot of fun. The director's commentaries are great and the CDs are loaded with old trailers and tv ads that the true fan will find a lot of fun.

There are also a lot of good documentaries on the CDs, including a fascinating one about the stuntmen who have done Bond down through the years.

This set is a must own for every Bond fan. Period.

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The James Bond Collection [VHS]

Seven films. Four Bonds. One set. This sprawling collection surveys over 30 years of James Bond skullduggery, from the cold war tensions of the 1960s to the international free-for-all of the present. Sean Connery remains the coolest of the Bonds, a ruthless agent with dry martini wit and a way with the women, and in Goldfinger his steely presence helped forge the Bond formula of tongue-in-cheek wit, wondrous secret agent toys created by Q, and megalomaniac supervillains bent on world destruction. Thunderball upped the Bond ante with the most ambitious adventure--and budget--to date. Roger Moore brought an altogether lighter tone to 007 with Live and Let Die, softening Connery's rough edges with a more romantic persona as the films became even more exotic. After a brief digression into outer space, For Your Eyes Only returned Bond to globetrotting high adventure and teamed him with his most endearing ally (Topol as a gregarious smuggler). Timothy Dalton made his second and final appearance as Bond in Licence to Kill, the toughest of the Bond films since Connery's early efforts. Though not a fan favorite, it's a sleek, solid adventure with an edge missing from the Moore pictures. Pierce Brosnan is the latest to take on 007's licence to kill, combining the best of Connery's cool and Moore's humor. GoldenEye is the best Bond film in years, a grand globetrotting adventure with lovely Bond girls and a tough new M (Judy Dench). Tomorrow Never Dies doesn't recapture that magic mix of action, gadgetry, and romance, but does feature the first Bond girl to match 007 blow for blow: Hong Kong action superstar Michelle Yeoh. Taken together, this set is a veritable cross-section of the many faces of James Bond. All that's missing is George Lazenby. Do I hear a nomination for set 2? --Sean Axmaker