Moonraker (1979)
6/10
This time Bond faces soldiers clad in sporty lemon-yellow spacesuits, Italian gangsters, a lousy sniper, a lousy henchman Chang and a big fat python.
10 March 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I first saw this in the early 90s on a vhs. Revisited it recently.

Currently i am on a Bond marathon but its more than 2 months gap between this n the last, The Spy Who Loved Me.

This is the eleventh in the Bond series and the fourth to star Roger Moore as James Bond.

I found it a bit tedious n mild as there is no threatening villain or no old skool henchman.

It was obviously made to cash in on the Star Wars phenomenon.

The other reason i didn't enjoy this is cos there is too much reliance on special effects.

This time Bond has to face Hugo Drax, a Hitler wannabe.

Bond has to travel to outer space to prevent Drax's plan to wipe out the world population and to recreate humanity with a master race.

This time Bond gets to cool off with Corinne Clery, Lois Chiles n Emily Bolton.

Apart from Drax, Bond once again has to face Jaws and another henchman known as Chang.

Bond also faces innumerable foot-soldiers clad in sporty lemon-yellow spacesuits with black stripes, Italian gangsters in Venice, a lousy sniper and a big fat python. I wanted Bond to face the dogs too.

Some info about Hugo Drax from the book.

Drax is a Nazi soldier and Skorzeny Werwolf commando.
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