I love the fact that the Americans had a team ready for this exact situation

You can't deny that Moonraker is one of the most memorable James Bond films. It is cheesy, it is ridiculous, it makes you feel ashamed it exist, but it is also guilty pleasure to watch.

I love how Jaws realized that Bond had a point, that Drax would never let him and his gf be part of his perfect world. Love conquers all. 🥰

Watching this again, you would realise just how TERRIFYING this fight would be to be in. You have no cover at all, you take one hit you either die from explosive decompression when your suit ruptures or you EVA pack gets hit you you fly off into space, enemy fire can come from anywhere in three dimensions and your visibility in those helmets is serious impared. Gentlemen, welcome to the most horrifying firefight ever

This is the first time I've watched this in 40 years and it holds up *way* better than I expected. No wonder it made such a big impression on me as a kid.

Now the Aztec level of Goldeneye 64 makes more sense.

This scene might look super out of sense, but this is so far, the most realistic representation of possible space battle.

this whole display leads me to believe that the last place you want to have a laser fight is in space.

"whats Bond doing?". "I think he's attempting reentry sir"

This kind of space battle is one of the few I believe we've seen on screen. It's it's pretty well made too for being so old. The concept is pretty cool and the music fits in really well. I'm surprised we haven't seen more stuff like this.

As already commented RIP Michael Lonsdale. Perfectly cast as Drax.

"Open the cargo doors" "I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that"

Moonraker is one of my favorite guilty pleasures

Some might think the whole Moonraker movie is silly. I think just the opposite, especially how they made this, 1979, imo. pretty amazing. Also so many good moments not only this lazer fight. Ahead of time I think in many ways. Of course there are so called "cheesy moments" but still. Cheers... PS. "Take a giant step for mankind" :)

Moonraker is the guiltiest of pleasures and this space battle is the most violent I’ve ever seen 😮

This was a great sci fi space battle that may yet foretell the future of military conflict in space. It may not be inevitable but may become unavoidable. The scene was scary in that everyone on both sides went into a suicidal space battle. No one had any sort of armor or protection against laser hits. One laser hit was certain to damage the soldier' eva or cause decompression in space. There were no second chances in this space battle. The good guys won because it appeared they had superior numbers over the bad guys.

Amazing how Bond had a trick up his sleeve.

The FX scenes here were done by pinewood techs who never did this before. Looks amazing to this day. To film the space station exploding the filmed the model against black background at super High frame rate and shot at it with shotguns.

RIP Roger Moore..

The choreography is epic in this. Drax guys come out in blob formation. Americans in 3 line echelon (classic Western battle line) white supports red and blue takes the flank trying to board satellite .34. (you can hear the battle orders being given out) Americans draw first blood with a shot to the face then Drax guys pull into center where the killing zone begins. They almost break American line but White mops them up and they break. .54 you see the flank battle in back shot. One of our guys gets smoked going in and hits the satellite & 2 board but are repelled. You notice there's 2 Drax guys shooting them? Whats lost today is just about all the guys doing the scene setups back then were ex WW2 with trigger time plus officers. Brilliant example of military tactics applied to a movie as it should be. Oh and no CGI BS either and still the best space infantry battle ever done hands down.

My Dad took me to the cinema as a child in 1979.. Loved this film. Cheesy but still loved it!

Some of the screams from the marines that get killed in the battle were reused for Scarface, particularly during the final firefight at Tony's mansion.

After space-laser battles and voodoo priests, an invisible car was just TOO FAR!

Space Force attacking Elon Musk's Tesla Elite

What's the first thing you think of when you hear James Bond? That's right. Laser space battles! You just know the producers where trying to ride on the Star Wars craze wave 😄

Jame Bond (Roger Moore), "take a giant step for mankind"and "oh, he had to fly". Lol

The effects here actually hold quite well .

I saw this in theaters in 1979 (I was 7, my dad took me to see it). As a space nut this was heaven for me. Of course now it looks dated but this was the first and so far last time Bond went into space.

this the most intense laser tag i have ever seen

Moonraker is in my top 5. Such a fun film!

I love how Jaws gives him a gentle push at 2:57

One of my all time favorite Bond movies, just because growing up I loved everything space and military.

1:50 something I never realized... the space shuttle has "MARINES" printed on the side, implying that it's a U.S. Marine Corps Space Shuttle in 1979 lol

I wish it was more like this in the new Bond films. Rather than Bond being a one man army all the time.

I gotta say this, John Berry wrote some of the best film music of that time.

2:45 "we're under attack, but i don't need to worry about it."

Those are my favorite scene from Moonraker

RIP Roger Moore

Oh the Star Wars feel i get from this scene. The sounds, screams and things they say when speaking through the radio.

As far as taste in movies goes, the Moonraker space battle is just as brilliant as the Battle of Endor Space Battle from Return of the Jedi and I always loved Moonraker. Moonraker is a very underappreciated and great Roger Moore bond film, it is a way much better film than any Star Wars film made after 1983's Return of the Jedi, and Moonraker had brilliant stuff like the John Barry music score and the good performances from Roger Moore and Michael Lonsdale. Return of the Jedi from 1983 was the last good Star Wars film that I really liked, Richard Marquand did an excellent job ending the Original Star Wars Trilogy with Return of the Jedi, and Return of the Jedi had impressive action sequences from start to finish.

Watching this in 2019, I'm surprised how well the effects and production values hold up.

This was epic and awe-inspiring I was impressed And the music is very epic

Moonraker Lasers space battle is so awesome and epic!

Classic Roger Moore era ridiculousness . I love it

Director: "Alright, guys. You'll be playing laser tag in space." Casted Guy: "Oh, when you put it like that, we don't need drones to do the fight for us."

I've actually pondered what a space infantry battle like this would really be like in deep space: -if you're away from a star you have no illumination to see the enemy, and if you provide any light you only give yourself away -space is BIG, like, REALLY REALLY BIG, imagine an entire regiment of thousands of troops deployed into open space to combat an enemy force, but the battle is in a 3d arena 1000s of miles long wide and tall, and it's large enough that by the time everybody has spread out you already have delays on your comms from just the soldier "next to you" miles away floating in space -you have no cover, and if you're hit you're dead there's little chance to survive a casevac in this environment and even if you do you'll be permanently disfigured or disabled just from the decompression alone and never mind the injury or radiation exposure -you have no sense of up and down, sure a HUD could tell you how to orient yourself, but even so you could be spinning about and not even realize it, and given that you can't even see your own squadmates owing to lack of light and distance you're floating all alone in pitch black space -if you're facing an alien civilization with their own exotic technology your command may not even have the proper intel to face such an enemy they could just be sending you to certain death and praying that you hit something in the process

I remember not understanding any of this film as a kid but really liking lasers in space

Well Done ! Totally under-rated movie btw.

Would be all the more stupendous to see this, if possible, upscaled to 4K.

The greatest in-space laser battle in cinematic history

The music is simply amazing

This scene now available in (red/blue) 3D and 4K on KZfaq. Such a rare sight of astronauts having combat in space, can only recall two other films which did this too, but in nowhere close to the scale. #kaosnova

Fun Fact: The movie that came before Moonraker had a message stating that Bond would return in the movie whose title is the one that came after Moonraker. Moonraker was literally made due to the hype train that Star Wars made when it hit theaters back in 1977. And I'm not saying that like it's a bad thing. Moonraker is still freakin' awesome despite being made because Star Wars took the world by storm.

Moonraker was the best space movie between SW and ESB, lol

I’m glad Jaws is one of the good guys now.

1:22 When I was a kid, I thought the idea was that this guy would fly into the sun before he died from his injuries or lack of oxygen, which made me feel kind of bad for him. Of course, as an adult who knows a thing or two about astronomy, at the rate he is flying there it would probably take centuries before he ever got to the sun. And in reality he would never get there as he isn't moving with enough escape velocity to get out of the Earth's gravity well. So in the end he would become a human satellite until his momentum was erased by gravity and he ends up coming back to Earth as a flaming meteor. Not quite as forlorn as you might think.

This scene reminds me of 80's movies space battles!!!!!

Fleming never had this in mind when he wrote the original novel.

I was impressed with Drax's space fighters, they were ready to go!

Why is that takedown at 2:48 so goddamn funny

How many lasers and space destruction do you want. Director: Yes

Hell yeah now that's a space battle

Given the ramifications of this "firefight" it can be declared with 100% certainty the much more sensible thing would simply allow the boarders to enter and dispatch them within the station... Still a cool bit of cinema for the same year that gave us Alien.

great movie! one of my personal favourites!

1:41 Those two US Marine astronauts didn't stand a chance against Drax's men there.

to be honest, this movie was awesome. Seeing Bond in space fighting against megalomaniacs.

James bond films are in some way more disturbing than horror movies . It makes you feel life is so inhumane and meaningless.

In the film General Gogol states how they were willing to take action against the space station! It would have been interesting to see Russian marines or their equivalent being sent up too!

Gotta love the laser sounds

2:05 That set is amazing.

The special effects in this film are magnificent

"Where is Drax?" "Oh, he needed some Space." ...would have been the better Oneliner, actually.

This is the last bond movie that ends with a big battle science with allied troops.

I'm glad Jaws came over to the Light side of the Force.

Is it weird that such battle feels more realistic in 1979 than modern era

the astronauts look like swarms of bees from a distance

I'd hate to be in number One Platoon they took the heaviest casualties.

I love this as a kids

On one hand, this is a monumentally stupid cash grab due to the Star Wars popularity at the time. The pew pew sound are corny and lame, the whole premise is so silly, and you gotta ask yourself how an MI6 agent ends up in this. On the other hand, the visuals are rather good (they have a certain alternate-universe-SDI flair), the battle is actually terrifying (imagine being propelled away from the Earth) and is unique in that it is a space battle with troop instead of starships, something I haven't seen since. Also, I like how they show the station being damaged by stray laser shots. Too often, in space battles, ships and stations are impenetrable until they blow up. The Expanse is the one series where they actually show bullets piercing a still functioning ship.

A friendly reminder that the movie that came before this one was meant to be the one that came after Moonraker. Moonraker was literally made due to the hype train that Star Wars made when it hit theaters back in 1977.

Its stupid , its corny , its funny , its awesome , its amazing and its my bond , Rodger Moore's Bond ....James Bond . x

"Take a giant step for mankind." :D

3:17 Nice one, Jaws.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I saw this movie on the Silver Screen a few years ago; when this scene took place, everyone laughed uncontrollably.

Just watched here some of Michael Lonsdale's funeral at Saint Roche Church in Paris on October 1st. They gave him a splendid send -off.

Rest in peace Richard kiel 1939-2014 Rest in peace roger moore 1927-2017

I never noticed before- the US Space Shuttle has "MARINES" written on the side... so... first on-screen appearance of Space Marines?!?! :)

When you have to shoot, shoot! Don't talk.

It's a common question asked: why don't SIFI universes use bullets rather than blaster or laser bolts? While bullets are more effective and give way more tactical advantage, if a bullet which misses its target or goes through its target hits a wall, it will cause damage that you won't want in your ship while in the middle of space.

I guess we've decided what kind of music determines 'ominous dark space.' The soundtrack to 1979's The Black Hole uses all the same low slow horns and strings.

Weird how all the female space station crewmembers and technicians except for Goodhead just disappeared when the laser fight begin.

From the Halls of Montezuma To the shores of Tripoli; We fight our country's battles In the air, on land, and sea; First to fight for right and freedom And to keep our honor clean; We are proud to claim the title Of United States Marine

The greatest bond movie scene

I love the way Jaws grabs that guards face. His hand is as big as the poor guys head ha ha

I noticed that some James Bond movies are getting inspired by other movies. For example Star Wars and Alien both came out in the late 70's and are sci-fi movies and Moonraker contains that too. Same goes for Octopussy. Indiana Jones took place in India similar thing.

Filmmakers literally said, James Bond *IN SPACE*

"Open the cargo doors" "But the button's right in front of you!"

2:15 Good villain stuff from Michael Lonsdale. That's why I put Drax behind only Goldfinger and Sanchez when it comes to Bond Villains. Space station being overrun and with resolute mad intent puts his hands behind his back and gives the order...PROCEED!

Jesus, Space war is *scary*

Looks like some kind of war…in the stars… 👽