In Moonraker, Bond doesn’t hesitate to hit on Manuela when he arrives in Rio. It just so happens that his contact and assistance from Station VH is a stunningly attractive woman. Although she gets some memorable screentime, especially during her harrowing encounter with Drax, I think it would have been nice to see more of her character. Bond is certainly busy with women throughout Moonraker, and his conquests on Earth are almost as ambitious as his mission in space!
June 19, 2026 – 10:07 AM UTC
The final words of Tomorrow Never Dies are spoken by James Bond and try to sell us on Bond and Wai Lin’s romantic relationship. Sorry, but they just don’t have great chemistry and some I would consider the weakest of any Bond movie. Perhaps it’s because so much of the movie is spent with Wai…
