This line perfectly sets the tone for one of the more bizarre sequences in The Man with the Golden Gun. James Bond arrives at a kickboxing match expecting a straightforward exchange with Andrea Anders about his travel gripes, only to find her already dead. What follows is a sequence that seems determined to outdo itself in oddity.
Francisco Scaramanga’s ambush partially collapses when Bond casually retrieves the Solex device from a pile of popcorn on the ground, a detail that feels less like good spy work and more like a stroke of luck. We then get to hear Scaramanga drone on in an overly theatrical monologue about his bizarre origin story, all occurring during a kickboxing match, mind you. And then it ends as quick as it begins when Scaramanga decides he is done and up and leaves. It’s truly a peculiar scene.

