Moonraker (1979)Ī whopping, megabudget Bond in its day, clearly influenced by the Star Wars-led sci-fi revival. (It was also, sadly, the last hurrah for Lois Maxwell’s Miss Moneypenny.) Christopher Walken was always destined to play a Bond villain and it came to pass in this film, as the evil electronics mogul Max Zorin. Quite unexpectedly, Moore pulled it back a bit for his last hurrah. He took to Bond like a duck to water: virile, cool, nice suits. Stylish yet assertive smoothie Pierce Brosnan had already made an impression in the TV caper Remington Steele. Was it a Bondaissance? A Brosnanaissance? Whatever. In this film, the distinction between villain and henchman seems to collapse with three bad guys: Robert Carlyle, Robbie Coltrane and, erm, Goldie, who was very big in those days. Craig is always watchable and Mathieu Amalric is a very eccentric oddball villain.

Much mocked at the time, this film wasn’t as bad as that – despite the silliest title in the series’ history. He was never a six-pack guy at the best of times, but he’s out of condition here. The title is what Connery’s agent should have shouted at him when he was offered the comeback: (“Never”! Say “Never”! Again!) Connery lumbers back for the remake of Thunderball that no one wanted or needed.

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