For Your Eyes Only
As Bond tries to destroy the Greek underworld to obtain a device capable of commanding a group of nuclear submarines, Roger Moore plays Agent 007 with deadly resolve. From the bottom of the sea to the top of mountains, in this taut, fast-paced adventure, the 12th in the popular Bond series, Bond will struggle to the end to hold the gadget out of the hands of the Russians.
For Your Eyes Only
Moonraker (1979)
Budget: $31 million
Worldwide Box Office: $210 million
Rate of Return: 6.78
Yes, Moonraker is the one where A) Jaws comes back and falls in love and B) lasers are shot in James Bond’s outer space. Whether the audience was thrilled with the “James Bond does Star Wars” pitch or reacted to the surprisingly good/much-liked Spy Who Loved Me two years earlier, until GoldenEye, this was the biggest-grossing 007 film. Most of the film is lean, mean, and briskly-paced, despite being yet another loose remake of You Only Live Twice. The outer-space climax feels less Star Wars and more “Thunderball in space.”
Moonraker (1979)