For Your Eyes Only, however, looks like the work of people too smug in the belief they've got a good thing going to bother to make it interesting. It oozes unwarranted condescension.

Most of the time, though, For Your Eyes Only is a slick entertainment.

No. 12 in the phenomenally durable James Bond series. For Your Eyes Only is undeniably easy on the eyes. Maybe too easy to prevent the mind from wandering and the lids from drooping.

When it is so obvious that the filmmakers and studio doesn't care about what they are creating, it becomes an uninspiring watch that overall feels dull and forgettable even though there are moments of genuinely great action.