5 Great James Bond Villains (That Have Never Been Seen On Film)

Following Ian Fleming’s passing in 1963, the decision was made to continue the literary with a rotating selection of authors writing under a shared pseudonym. Kingsley Amis was ultimately the first and only one to step up to the plate, delivering a Greek-set novel, Colonel Sun, focused on the kidnap of M, a plot point that would become part of the World Is Not Enough on screen.

In what would become a recurring theme in a handful of both Moore and Dalton films, Bond works with rather than against Soviet counterparts when a third party, the Chinese Liberation Army, enters the fray. Serving as their representative in a plot to cause an international incident, the titular Colonel Sun Liang-Tan is a sadistic monster, the perfect foil for the blunt and humourless Bond that Amis chose to depict

The book’s torture sequence, perhaps its most recallable aspect, is almost unbearably brutal, but hammers home the fact that Sun is not to be trifled with. His personal body count dwarves that of most of his villainous counterparts and seeing Bond go toe-to-toe with such a ruthless individual would be quite the throwback.