Moonraker story

movie: Moonraker (1979) · 1979-06-26

Bond investigates the theft of a space shuttle, leading him to Hugo Drax, the owner of the shuttle's manufacturing firm. Along with space scientist Dr. Holly Goodhead, Bond follows the trail from California to Venice, Rio de Janeiro, and the Amazon rainforest, and finally into outer space to prevent a plot to wipe out the world population and to recreate humanity with a master race. It is the eleventh film in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the fourth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The third and final film in the series to be directed by Lewis Gilbert, it co-stars Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Corinne Cléry, and Richard Kiel.

13 total · 6 major · 7 minor

Theme	Level	Motivation
anthropogenic existential risk to civilization	major	Drax plotted to kill everyone human on Earth by exposing the world population to a certain orchid derived nerve agent. Drax and his followers would wait out the downfall of humankind hold up inside their city in space.
espionage	major	We saw super-spy James Bond doing what James Bond does best.
infatuation	major	James fell for his CIA counterpart Holly Goodhead. Jaws and Dolly fell passionately in love with one another.
misanthropy	major	Drax detested humankind to the extent that he hatched an elaborate plot to wipe out the world population and to recreate humanity with a super-race of perfect physical specimens.
romantic courtship	major	James rather conspicuously seduced a variety of ravishing women.
secret agent occupation	major	We saw super-spy James Bond do stereotypical super-spy things.
betrayal	minor	Jaws betrayed Drax in the end and sided with James.
flirtation	minor	James flirted with a variety of women.
human vs. beast	minor	James used his poison tipped spy pen to dispatch Drax's pet python.
orbital spaceflight	minor	The Moonraker space shuttles were used to ferry Mr. Drax and his master race members to his space station in orbit around Earth.