Bond villain schemes
Just how over-the-top have the wicked schemes of Bond villains been? We put some to the reality test.
Least Plausible
Moonraker (1979)
Villain: Hugo Drax
Scheme: To destroy the human race with nerve gas from his space station,
then repopulate Earth with astronaut hotties
Die Another Day (2002)
Villain: Colonel Moon
Scheme: To destroy the land mines in the Korean DMZ with a space mirror
for the benefit of North Korea
Goldfinger (1964)
Villain: Auric Goldfinger
Scheme: To nuke Fort Knox, increasing the value of his own gold reserve
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Villain: Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Scheme: To destroy the world economy with plague-carrying nymphets,
unless granted amnesty and a title
Thunderball (1965)
Villain: Emilio Largo
Scheme: To extort 100 million pounds from Britain by threatening to
detonate hijacked atom bombs
Casino Royale (2006)
Villain: Le Chiffre
Scheme: To depress the stock value of an aircraft company by destroying
its new airliner
From Russia With Love (1963)
Villain: SPECTRE
Scheme: To steal a Lektor decoder and humiliate James Bond (with a
secret sex movie)
Most Plausible
