Tuesday, June 28, 2011

The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Director:  Michael Apted
Cast:  Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle, Denise Richards

Bond film nineteen is much better than Bond film eighteen.

THE PLOT:  After a bomb is triggered by a signal via Sir Robert King's lapel pin, he dies in MI6 headquarters and James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) is sent to protect his daughter, Elektra (Sophie Marceau).  What he doesn't know is that Elektra is in love with and conspiring with her "kidnapper" Victor Zokas, aka Renard (Robert Carlyle).  They are working together to create "a bright, oil-driven future."  Renard kidnaps M (Judi Dench) and Bond kills Elektra (not after sleeping with her, of course).

Oh yeah, Bond does all of this with a broken shoulder.  Like a boss, right?

THE REVIEW:  I love this movie a lot more than TND.  I love the boat chase at the beginning,  The only minus is the submarine scenes at the end.  I've never been a fan of underwater Bond, excluding Thunderball.  I give this film 4 out of 5 stars.

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