The World is Not Enough was a film was that aimed to give the Bond franchise a grounded story and be a character-focused film after the action-packed Tomorrow Never Dies. MI6 has been attacked, a close friend of M has been killed and Bond has been injured. The suspect is Victor “Renard” Zokas (Robert Carlyle), a […]
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Bondathon: Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies was a film rushed to capitalise on the success of Goldeneye. It seemed like it could have suffered from the issues that affected The Man with the Golden Gun with it being a notoriously troubled production. A British warship is sunk in the South China Sea. The British and Chinese dispute the events and look set […]
Bondathon: Goldeneye
The Bond franchise is one of the most resilient around. It’s able to adapt and when some critics have written the franchise off Bond comes back stronger than ever. 1995’s Goldeneye was proof of this and is often seen as one of the best films the franchise has ever produced. The Iron Curtain has been lifted and the Soviet […]
Bondathon: Licence to Kill
Timothy Dalton’s second and final mission as James Bond was one of the darkest films in the franchise and certainly the most violent. Felix Leiter (David Hedison) is getting married, and James Bond is his best man. However, before the wedding, the pair must go off with the DEA to arrest Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi), […]
Bondathon: The Living Daylights
The late ‘80s saw a new actor take over the role of James Bond with Timothy Dalton. His era saw Bond become a darker character and the missions being more realistic. James Bond must protect General Koskov (Jeroen Krabbé), a senior KGB general who plans to defect to MI6. However, Bond has suspicions because the sniper sent […]
Bondathon: A View To A Kill
A View To A Kill makes the final time Roger Moore played Ian Fleming’s iconic superspy. But was it one film too many for Moore? MI6 discovers the Soviets have been using microchips from Zoran Industries, one of the biggest microchip manufacturers in the world. They believe the company owner, Max Zoran (Christopher Walken), has […]
Bondathon: Octopussy
1983 was the year that saw the Battle of the Bonds. Both Roger Moore and Sean Connery had Bond films come out. Moore’s Octopussy was the first Bond film to come out that year. 009 has been killed in action whilst carrying a fake Fabergé egg. Bond must continue the mission which sees him go to India and Germany to investigate […]
Bondathon: For Your Eyes Only
After the space-set adventure with Moonraker, the Bond franchise literally comes back down to Earth with the most grounded film during the Roger Moore era. A British spy ship sinks in Albanian waters when it strikes a sea mine. Onboard is the Automatic Targeting Attack Communicator (ATAC) device and the British need to find it before it […]
Bondathon: Moonraker
Moonraker is probably the most divisive film in the Bond series. Some see it as the series at its worst because the adventure took Bond into space, whilst others see it as a silly, fun time. Bond is assigned the mission to find out what happened to a space shuttle that been stolen when on route to […]
Bondathon: The Spy Who Loved Me
The Spy Who Loved Me was considered one of the make-or-break films for the Bond franchise and seen by many as Roger Moore’s best. It is a film that deserves its reputation. Two submarines, one British, the other Soviet, have disappeared when they were at sea. MI6 and the KGB send their best agents to investigate, James Bond […]