An excellent concept but one that doesn't work as well as it could do. Roger Moore is, as always, superb but Michael Lonsdale (who plays Hugo Drax) is just not the best of villains. And Jaws' romance is a bit silly.
Still, it is a unique Bond film that is very exciting in places.
This review of Moonraker (1979) was written by Edmund C on 19 Jul 2008.
Moonraker has generally received mixed reviews.
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