“Moonraker” isn’t a good “James Bond” film, which is a shame as I feel it has plenty of good moments. However, it somehow finds the time to ruin itself. This is another campy Roger Moore (“The Spy Who Loved Me”) adventure centred on our hero James Bond.

In this movie, James Bond must take down a rich businessman, named Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale “Munich”). I found that things seem to be going well, some good “James Bond” stuff happening despite there being some silly moments but then comes the killer. Yes, the last part of the film has our hero James Bond going into space and henchman Jaws (Richard Kiel “Happy Gilmore”) become a softy.

Roger Moore is okay as James Bond. He’s never been my favourite. Michael Lonsdale is weak as the villain Hugo Drax and the material he has is poor. Jaws is relatively good but as I mentioned earlier, he ends up becoming everything a “James Bond” bad guy should never become. Lois Chiles (“Death On The Nile”) stars as the love interest, Holly Goodhead, and is alright but not one of the best girls in the franchise. The one-liners are really cringeworthy like they normally are but this movie contains probably the worst as James Bond and Holly have some time alone in space with comments about ‘re-entry’ being attempted.

The whole space part of the film is a shameless attempt to cash-in on “Star Wars” with lasers being blasted. The acting is mediocre while the action is not the best. Until the space part, I thought “Moonraker” may be worth checking out even if you’re just a casual fan and despite not being one of the worst in the series, it certainly isn’t one of the better ones either. “Moonraker” has enjoyable moments but does feel ruined by the level of cheesiness, especially towards the end of the film.