20 Fantastic Blimps, Balloons, And Dirigibles In Movies

8. The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Sometimes, The World is Not Enough. And other times, a high-speed boat chase down the River Thames trying to catch an international assassin is not enough. In times like that, James Bond has to call in… a hot air balloon? Pierce Brosnan’s third outing as Bond has several unbelievable plot elements, including Denise Richards as a nuclear scientist named Christmas Jones.

However, nothing is more bizarre than an assassin ditching a boat to get on a VERY slowly rising hot air balloon. Bond takes his boat up a ramp, leaps off, and grabs onto a rope hanging off the balloon (don’t people ever stow the ropes on a balloon?). She refuses to be taken alive, and fires her gun at the gas containers on the side of the balloon, blowing herself up and sending Bond careening back to Earth.