Moonraker. 1979.
During a routine air flight a space shuttle Moonraker is hijacked and the plane carrier destroyed, Bond is sent to the owner Hugo Drax as to why there was no wreckage and uncovers a plot of global genocide.
The Roger Moore era as James Bond do seem to get better as well as Michael Lonsdale as the villain Drax as he seems to control himself as a man who has lost his spacecraft and telling his assistant that he wants some harm done to Mr Bond. Even when he wants a task done he has a calm deminer only to snap his fingers and release the hounds and does have some good sarcastic moments.
Lois Chiles plays Holly Goodhead (thank god Cubby Broccoli got that name first before Austin Powers did) a C.I.A. agent and astronaut who doesn't blow her cover at first until Bond discovers her identity. Richard Kiel returns as Jaws who seems impervious to pain until he gets a headbutt on a cable cart.
This one does have plenty of action and a nice space lazer fight outside Drax's orbit space station, Lewis Gilbert done a brilliant done directing this feature. Sadly this was Bernard Lee's outing as M but Q was still here and noticing Bond and Goodhead were attempting to re-entry in a shuttle, and Shirley Bassey's last time to sing the featured song.
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[Bond and Drax are shooting pheasants]
Hugo Drax: You missed, Mr. Bond.
[a sniper falls from a tree]
James Bond: Did I?