counter James Bond films slapped with fresh set of trigger alerts by Amazon – but key Sean Connery-era scene dodges warning – Forsething

James Bond films slapped with fresh set of trigger alerts by Amazon – but key Sean Connery-era scene dodges warning


JAMES Bond fans are shaken and stirred after the womanising spy action hero was slapped with trigger warnings.

Almost every 007 film uploaded to Amazon Prime Video has had content alerts added at the start.

Daniel Craig as James Bond in Spectre, holding a pistol and wearing a white tuxedo and black bow tie, with a skull-like image projected behind him.
Almost every Bond film uploaded to Amazon Prime Video has had content alerts added at the start
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Sean Connery as James Bond in yellowface, wearing a yukata in "You Only Live Twice."
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The scene in 1967’s You Only Live Twice, where Sean Connery changes his skin colour and eye shape to look like a Japanese man, has avoided a warning for racial insensitivity[/caption]

The first Bond film — 1962’s Dr. No — carries a viewer advisory of “violence, alcohol use, smoking, and foul language”.

Other movies in the spy series based on Ian Fleming’s books warn of womanising as well as “nudity and sexual content”.

However, a scene in 1967’s You Only Live Twice, where Sean Connery changes his skin colour and eye shape to look like a Japanese man, has avoided a warning for racial insensitivity.

Amazon secured the rights to distribute the Bond films after buying MGM Studios in 2022.

It gained creative control of future Bond movies earlier this year.

All 25 official 007 adventures were made available on Prime Video from the start of October.

Tory MP and Bond fan Sir John Hayes said: “Everyone knows fast cars and fast living are what James Bond is about. It feels like they want to turn Bond into a Disney character.”

It comes after we revealed Amazon had also removed guns from posters for the old films.

Lord Toby Young, of the Free Speech Union, added: “It would make more sense for Amazon to attach a trigger warning to the next Bond film if it doesn’t contain sex and violence.”


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