The Spy Who Loved Me

(PG)

James Bond (Roger Moore) and the beautiful Soviet Agent Anya Amasova codenamed Triple X (Barbara Bach) team up to investigate missing Allied and Russian atomic submarines, following a deadly trail that leads to billionaire shipping magnate Karl Stromberg (Curt Jurgens). Soon Bond and Anya are the world's only hope as they discover a nightmarish scheme of global nuclear Armageddon!

Not a big fan of Bond.

On Her Majesty's Secret Services

(PG)

George Lazenby made his first and only appearance as James Bond, in this, the unheralded gem of the franchise. With an incredibly affecting denouement and one of John Barry's finest scores, OHMSS would show a different side to Bond and open up the character to different approaches in the future.

Agent 007 (George Lazenby) and the adventurous Tracy Di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg) join forces to battle the evil Spectre organization in the treacherous Swiss Alps. But the group's powerful leader, Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Telly Savalas) is launching his most calamitous scheme yet: a germ warfare plot that could kill millions!

George Lazenby is the worst Bond I've ever seen, even thought I'm not a big Bond fan. Of course nobody will top the great Sean Connery but there have been other ok bond actors (Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan) and Lazenby doesn't pull it off. The movie itself is boring and very poor.

Moonraker

(PG)

Agent 007 (Roger Moore) blasts into orbit in this action-packed adventure that takes him to Venice, Rio de Janeiro and outer space. When Bond investigates the hijacking of an American space shuttle, he and beautiful CIA agent Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles) are soon locked in a life-or-death struggle against Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale), a power-mad industrialist whose horrific scheme may destroy all human life on earth!

Another bad Bond movie, or is it just me?. The production values and special effects are ok. Sadly, though, the movie lazily opts for all the easy decisions and misses most of its targets.

Tomorrow Never Dies

(15)

Pierce Brosnan leaps into action as Agent 007 in this spectacular thrill ride of death-defying stunts, unstoppable action and amazing high-tech gadgets in the most electrifying Bond film yet.

Someone is pitting the world's superpowers against each other - and only James Bond can stop it. When a British warship is mysteriously destroyed in Chinese waters, the world teeters on the brink of World War III - until 007 zeros in on the true criminal mastermind. Bond's do-or-die mission takes him to Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce), a powerful industrialist who manipulates world events as easily as he changes headlines from his global media empire. After soliciting help from Carver's sexy wife, Paris (Teri Hatcher), Bond joins forces with a stunning yet lethal Chinese agent, Wai Lin. In a series of explosive chases, brutal confrontations and breathtaking escapes they race to stop the presses on Carver's next planned news story: global pandemonium! With powerhouse action sequences including a wild motorcycle pursuit through (and over!) Saigon, Tomorrow Never Dies sees Bond back to his best in this high-octane action adventure.

Pierce Brosnan's second effort in the Bond series was seen as a roaring success when it first appeared, but watched it the cold light of day it does not strike one as a particularly good movie; in fact, in a lot of respects, it is an absolutely terrible one.