The Single Greatest Thing In Each James Bond Movie

After The Man with the Golden Gun underperformed both critically and commercially, some felt that the series had run its course. As such, Eon threw everything into making The Spy Who Loved Me the most epic, action-packed extravaganza possible.

Did they succeed in this task?

Well, since The Spy Who Loved Me is a staggering, intoxicatingly fun all-you-can-eat buffet of mad, gloriously insane action sequences that more or less saved the entire series, it's safe to say that's a definite 'Yes'.

From the legendary opening ski jump, to the infectiously fun underwater car chase to the jaw-dropping, wondrously epic finale, The Spy Who Loved Me offers up thrill after thrill after thrill all the way through its lengthy run-time.

Not only is this a glorious roller coaster of a movie, but it's also the occasion when the Bond series really got OTT action absolutely right. The film smartly balances out the bigger set-pieces with smaller ones, and even though the film consistently swings for the fences, it just about toes the line and never becomes too stupid to take seriously.

It's a shame most of the rest of the Roger Moore era failed to do OTT action this well, put it that way. In particular, this movie's immediate successor could've taken notes from it...