The Yo-Yo Saw is a fictional assassination weapon consisting of an axle connected to two razor-sharp disks, and a cord looped around the axle. It was designed to be dropped like a flying buzz-saw onto the victim. Such a device first appeared in the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy.
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The yo-yo saw fictional weapon consisting of an axle connected to two razor-sharp disks, and a cable looped around the axle. The weapon is usually dropped from a height, allowing gravity (or the force of a throw and gravity) to spin the yo-yo and unwind the cord. The device then winds itself back to the metal handle in the wielder's hand, via its spin (and the associated rotational energy).
During the events of Octopussy, the villainous Kamal Khan contracts Mufti and his gang of assassins to kill James Bond as he stays at Octopussy's Floating Palace. One of the unnamed assassins wields a yo-yo saw, with which he murders 007's Indian contact, Vijay. Moving around the balcony overlooking the Octopussy's bedroom, the thug attempts to kill 007 from above. Bond notices water dripping from the thug's saw blade and evades his attack seconds before he strikes. The spy eventually gains the upper hand and pulls the assassin over the balcony using the weapon's cord. They brawl before falling into the water, where the assassin is mauled by a crocodile.
Behind the Scenes[]
The unique weapon was an idea conceived by initial Octopussy writer George MacDonald Fraser.[1] Two practical effects were created for its scenes: one which functioned like a Yo-Yo and a functional, motor-driven buzz-saw blade on the end of a pole-arm.[1]