Moonraker

Moonraker

Where all the other Bonds end… this one begins!

PG 1979 · 126 min · ★ 6.2 (2K) · Action, Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction

After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the company's owner, the mysterious Hugo Drax. With the help of scientist Dr. Holly Goodhead, Bond soon uncovers Drax's nefarious plans for humanity, all the while fending off an old nemesis, Jaws, and venturing to Venice, Rio, the Amazon...and even outer space.

Directed by Lewis Gilbert · Written by Christopher Wood

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