The end credits to "The Spy Who Loved Me" promised Bonds return in "For Your Eyes Only", however, a competitor that summer, "Star Wars" would take the world by storm. For Bond's next adventure, and with the "space boom" still in full swing, "Moonraker" would take 007 to space and become the highest grossing Bond until "Goldeneye." Dominated with comic book action and space shoot-outs, the film rated highly with the movie-going public, although parts of the film stick out like a turd in a soupbowl, (damn that Gondola scene!) It gets right more than it doesn't. For those wanting a deep, compelling spy adventure need to look elsewhere-this is escapist fun all the way. This is Bond at his most absurd, but also his most fun. Moore does an impressive turn; resourceful, funny, graceful. The film opens with the hijacking of a Moonraker space shuttle on loan from the United States to Great Britain. Anxious to get to the bottom of the situation, the British government sends agent 007 to investigate, beginning with Drax Industries in California, where the shuttle was produced. Bond arrives at his transplanted French chateau populated with astronauts, between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five, beautiful and female. Of course, once 007 starts poking around he becomes the immediate target of several murder attempts. Along the way, he strikes up a relationship with Dr. Holly Goodhead, (Lois Chiles) one of Drax's chief scientists, and encounters an old adversary -- Jaws (again played by Richard Kiel) returns for a second time, but is slightly neutered by films end. For what was supposed to be a ferocious bastard is turned into the films punching bag as he is the butt of many of the films worst jokes. Still the boat ride down the Amazon is one of Bonds best stunts ever as is the opening sequence with Bond being dumped out of an airplane without a parachute, but in true Bond fashion, he wrestles the chute away from Jaws to save his own ass just in time. I will say I'm a whore for space shit so Bond in space was/is the best of both worlds. Although there are some dumb jokes that some find annoying, but the things it does right are a blast! Most of the action takes place on Earth, some real tension is generated in the scenes leading up to Bonds space departure and his bird hunting scene with Drax has a great pay-off. The film's last half hour and action centerpiece that takes most of the critical arrows, takes place aboard an Earth-orbiting space station is entertaining as it is absurd. As a kid this was heaven, as an adult, it proves even Bond can go too far and belongs on Earth, but still I dig this movie. Michael Lonsdale as Ivan Drax is unruffled and menacing. Here, too he's played on a relative slow-burn. He drops some great one-liners, "Look after Mr. Bond. See that some harm comes to him" and his demise by Bond is classic. Lois Chiles as Dr. Goodhead provides some great innuendo’s for Bond as his sexist views are still very much alive. In his defense, Moore does his best not to come off as a total creep. His reaction to Goodhead's gender is priceless, wearing a big, shit-eating grin, "A woman?" A defining moment for the Bond series as this film was the very last for Bernard Lee as "M," who died soon after production wrapped. Bond at his most outlandish is a fun time if you allow it to be. With nothing on its mind except dizzying entertainment the film is fun and that is not something to be dismissed. This is not for the stuffy, earthbound viewers, but real Bond fans out for a good time. Not a critical favorite, but worthy nonetheless, I love it.