Ranking EVERY James Bond Henchman From Worst To Best

73. Mr Bullion (The World Is Not Enough, 1999)

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Completing a trio of terrible henchmen found in The World Is Not Enough, Goldie's Mr Bullion at least has the distinction of working for someone other than Elektra/Renard. He's one of Valentin Zukovsky's cronies, you see, and... no, wait, it turns out he's actually working for Elektra and Renard. Sigh.

The duplicitous scoundrel contributes nothing to TWINE other than a set of gold teeth, the subject of 007's sneering "He puts his money where his mouth is" gag. Once that's out of the way, there's little for Bullion to do other than betray his Russian would-be boss by setting off a briefcase bomb before scuttling away to his real masters.

When he reappears, it's only to receive a comical death - blasted away with contempt by Zukovsky's Uzi fire after starting a pathetic attempt to plead his own innocence in the earlier bombing. He doesn't even get the honour of being killed by 007 himself in a James Bond film - that's how miserable his existence as a henchman is.

This completes a total failure in the film's collection of supporting characters. Bond henchmen should be distinctive and memorable - and should represent a substantial threat to 007. These sorry saps are none of the above, vanishing from collective memories as soon as they're dispatched.

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