Ranking EVERY James Bond Henchman From Worst To Best

17. Chang (Moonraker, 1979)

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Hugo Drax’s primary enforcer Chang (whose name seems to be pronounced Cha, just to confuse matters) has little to say but proves a highly dangerous foe. Though his questionable moustache and bowl haircut gives Chang a comical appearance, he causes more than his share of anguish.

Readily deployed by Drax for all manner of tasks from serving tea to executing adversaries, Chang seems to take singular pleasure in causing pain and suffering. It’s he that nearly pulls off a most creative method of murder in trapping 007 inside a centrifuge chamber, sneering as he watches our hero whirl around at lethal speeds.

The almost-silent assassin is at his noisiest when swinging around his kendo stick in an attempt to put a lid on the meddlesome James Bond and his infuriating quips once and for all. Fighting with skill and ferocity thanks to the aikido expertise of actor Toshirô Suga, Chang proves quite a handful throughout their multi-storied duel.

After he’s knocked through a clockface to meet his doom via a well-placed piano, however, his enforcing services are promptly replaced by those of Jaws. Admittedly, this is no great dishonour.

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