1. The rank pall of opportunism hangs over this sorry rogue enterprise from producer Kevin McClory, as he tries to assemble the component parts that make up a Bond movie and fails.
2. Connery
3. Bond gets worse as Sean gets older.
4. Ah, yes, James, it is good to have you back again.
5. Connery, Brandauer and Kim-sexy!
6. Aside from some minor flaws, the film is a surprisingly standard Bond film, one that could easily be integrated into the "official" franchise with very few adjustments.
7. Brandauer is a great Bond villain, and the role still fits Connery like an old tux.
8. The action's good, the photography excellent, the sets decent; but the real clincher is the fact that Bond is once more played by a man with the right stuff.
9. It's a major disappointment that, having lured back the original 007, the film makers couldn't offer him something better than this drawn-out, hackneyed story.
10. As dull as dishwater.

What is a brief summary of the following reviews?
While the rehashed story feels rather uninspired and unnecessary, the return of both Sean Connery and a more understated Bond make Never Say Never Again a watchable retread.