Kanaga, a corrupt Caribbean Prime Minister.

Live and Let Die’s villain is introduced as a ruthless gangster and drug lord, before we’re treated to the second-act reveal that he’s actually Dr. Now, with prosthetic paws and a SPECTRE membership card, he uses all of his wiles and resources to… disrupt an early Cape Canaveral space launch using a radio jammer? True, it could lead to World War III.

The titular villain in the franchise’s first film, No is a former member of a Chinese crime syndicate whose hands were damaged by exposure to radiation. But some of Bond’s opponents have laid indisputably weaker plans than others. Below, see Bond’s big bads sorted into seven tiers of dishonesty, depravity and double-dealing - beginning with the least effective antagonists, and working our way up through the ranks of evil… And that got us to thinking: would it be possible to definitively rank every main villain from each of the 24 official Bond films? With muddled motives, incalculable body counts and different levels of success, probably not.

And, whether it’s a corrupt dictator, a shady business magnate or a North Korean military colonel-turned-upper-class British diamond dealer (don’t ask), the books and films of the 007 franchise have had a good crack at giving us some top tier villains - with memorable quirks, elaborate lairs and facial scarring aplenty.Īnd yet, some eyebrow-raisers have slipped through the cracks. And always, always wearing a dinner jacket.īut it takes a big personality to go toe-to-toe with such an iconic character. MI6’s best agent has saved the world more times than any other action hero - balancing a Walther PPK in one hand and a dry martini in the other.

Whether you did or didn’t agree with our definitive ranking of James Bond actors, you’ve got to admit: the man’s a bloody good spy.

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