No Bond film is complete without splendid, wondrous gadgets. From a Hasselblad Camera Signature Gun to a Parker Pen Class 4 Grenade, from Little Nellie, the autogyro, to a zoom camera with communications uplink, Bond--and Q--dazzle and amuse us. Jetpak? "No well-dressed man should be without one," says Bond. EM Rolex with a chain saw? Just Standard Operating Procedure.

"Gadget-ability," yet another critical element in the Bond mystique. "Entertainment Weekly" archly calls it "the ability to operate heavy machinery on Q." Cars, planes, trains, helicopters, big rigs. Revolvers, assault rifles, wrist dart guns. SCUBA gear, space helmets. From the classic Walther PPK to the Walther P99, Bond is never without his trusted friend, the gun, and never at a loss to operate any vehicle or weapon, or disarm any nuclear bomb.

Bruce is no stranger to wrestling with moving vehicles and heavy machinery. He's piloted a supersonic experimental plane in "Operation Intercept" and a spaceship in "Ravager," been thrown out of a plane in "Passenger 57," rode point in a helicopter in "Riders," slugged it out on a moving train in "Sweepers." In "Kounterfeit," he looks equally at home cruising in a BMW or tooling along in an old Ford pickup truck. In "Yellowthread Street," he's nothing if not hip and cool in a red '65 Mustang. That Aston-Martin Vanquish or the Aston Martin BB5-3 would suit him just fine. That Stromberg motorbike would be made to order.

From assault rifles and automatic weapons in "La Femme Nikita" to heavy artillery in "Full Eclipse," Bruce definitely knows his way around a gun. In "Kounterfeit," he cuts quite a heroic figure with his two-fisted blazing guns, while terrifying us with his fiery gunplay in "Passenger 57" and "One Man's Justice."

Bond has also been known to use an exotic weapon or two. Swords and knives? No problem. Bruce learned swordplay at RADA and has been fencing since 1980. Check out the fight scenes in "Highlander: Endgame" to see a master at work--and with real swords, not props. In "Wonderland," he swooshes that machete around with real conviction and perfect form. The most exotic weapon of all, however, is the scary spiky gauntlet he sports so menacingly in "Dungeons & Dragons." Guaranteed to clear space on the rush hour train.

And for very good measure, Bruce, who does his own stunts, has the physical prowess and manly physique to pull off any fight scene convincingly, whether guns, swords, or martial arts. We can really believe he would beat the pants off any bad guy and come out unscathed.

When it comes to gadgets, you had better step out of the man's way. He most assuredly knows what he's doing.