Thursday, March 29, 2012

Moonraker (1979)

Hugo Drax, played by Michael Lonsdale
A space shuttle, manufactured by Drax Industries, has been stolen, and Bond is called to investigate.

Bond travels to Drax Industries and meets the owner, Hugo Drax, and Dr. Holly Goodhead. Dr. Goodhead is an astronaut, and shows Bond around the complex. Soon they enter the centrifuge chamber. This measures how much G-force experienced when shot off into space. Bond decides to try it.

As soon as Dr. Goodhead closes the door, Drax's assassin says the Drax wants to speak with Dr. Goodhead. She leaves, and the assassin operates the centrifuge. Just as it hits 13 G's, and Bond is about to pass out, he disables the machine with a dart gun attached to his wrist.

Bond travels to Venice, where Drax has been making glass structures that hold a nerve gas. Bond discovers that Drax plans to ship these containers of nerve gas to space with him. In space, Drax will send them out to a certain part of the Earth, killing every single human being and creating a master race with his selected "Adams  and Eves".
James Bond (Roger Moore) in the Centrifuge chamber

Will Bond stop Drax from creating his"master race"? Watch Moonraker to find out!

Moonraker was not even thought of until the success of Star Wars. For Your Eyes Only was supposed to follow The Spy Who Loved Me. I really enjoyed this movie. The centrifuge chamber is really cool. Roger Moore did an excellent job showing how the g-force was affecting him, even though he didn't actually experience it.   Jaws also returns in Moonraker, and he remains one of my favorite characters in the 007 series. Watching him cut a steel cable with his teeth was incredible.

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Dr. Holly Goodhead, played by Lois Chiles


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