Moonraker
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.
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Director
Lewis Gilbert
Writer
Christopher Wood, Ian Fleming
Studio
EON Productions, Les Productions Artistes Associés, United Artists
Release
1979-06-26
Runtime
2h 6m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction
Cast & Characters
James Bond
Roger Moore
Dr. Holly Goodhead
Lois Chiles
Hugo Drax
Michael Lonsdale
Jaws
Richard Kiel
Corinne Dufour
Corinne Cléry
M
Bernard Lee
Sir Frederick Gray
Geoffrey Keen
Q
Desmond Llewelyn
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Critical Assessment
Moonraker holds 6.3/10 on IMDb (118K votes), 59% on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 43% audience score.
A notable gap between the 59% critics score and 43% audience score suggests real disagreement over this entry.
Ratings as of August 3, 2026
AI Verdict
AI-generatedMoonraker's 6.3 IMDb average and 59% Rotten Tomatoes score place it among the more divisive entries in the 60-plus-year Bond franchise.
Fan & Critic Buzz
Reviewers praise "Moonraker" as thoroughly entertaining, action-packed, and visually stunning, with some noting its recovery from an initially weak storyline. Others criticize its plot and production, calling it "awful" and "sloppy". The film's campy elements are also acknowledged as a double-edged sword, both enjoyable and lacking in seriousness.
Reviews
**THE BIGGEST BOND OF ALL!** Moonraker is a joy from beginning to end. Huge spectacle, stunning locations, lashings of humour, superb stunts, sexy ladies, a despicable and memorable villain, great special effects and of course, the legendary Sir Roger Moore as James Bond. Element…
tmdb18359958 · 9/10One of the best of the Moore era I steered clear of “Moonraker” (1979) for years because critics almost unanimously said it was awful. So when I finally sat down to view it I fully expecting a dog. Wrong! “Moonraker” is thoroughly entertaining from beginning to end and is one of…
Wuchak · 8/10Now my geography isn't great, but I am not sure you can actually fly from the Yukon to the British coast in fifteen minutes! That's how this outing for Roger Moore begins, and it's symptomatic of the rather weak storyline and sloppy production that seems intent on getting "James…
CinemaSerf · 6/10They can't all be winners. I mean, yeah it was action packed and the fight over the parachute was really cool. And Bond did have space elements in the movies before... but Moonraker kind of felt like it was jumping the shark a bit here. Thankfully it recovered, but this was a lit…
GenerationofSwine · 1/10This has the great 007 elements, but misses a bit. We get the wit, we get the beautiful women, we get the gadgets, we get the non stop action, and we even get Jaws, a fan favorite, back. Jaws even gets to speak. Maybe it was in the contract. What is missing is the exotic location…
drystyx · 8/10Moonraker is another guilty pleasure Bond film, that with all the camp is still quote a serious film.
tmdb93836550 · 8/10
