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The World Is Not Enough (8-Nov-1999)
Director: Michael Apted Keywords: Action/Adventure, James Bond
REVIEWS Review by Walter Frith (posted on 9-Jun-2007) There are 20 James Bond movies counting 'The World Is Not Enough'. Sean
Connery certainly has been the best Bond. In fact, not a single
disagreement has come up when I discuss this with other people.
Connery's combination of rugged timing, the smooth delivery of his
lines and his ability to woo women make him the ultimate lover AND
fighter. As the 20th century closes out shortly, here's how the Bond
franchise breaks down and the actors who have played him. Sean Connery
'Dr. No' (1962) 'From Russia With Love' (1963) 'Goldfinger' (1964)
'Thunderball' (1965 You Only Live Twice' (1967) 'Diamonds Are Forever'
(1971) 'Never Say Never Again' (1983) George Lazenby 'On Her Majesty's
Secret Service' (1969) Roger Moore 'Live and Let Die' (1973) 'The Man
With the Golden Gun' (1974) 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (1977) 'Moonraker'
(1979) 'For Your Eyes Only' (1981) 'Octopussy' (1983) 'A View to a
Kill' (1985) Timothy Dalton 'The Living Daylights' (1987) 'Licence to
Kill' (1989) Pierce Brosnan 'GoldenEye' (1995) 'Tomorrow Never Dies'
(1997) 'The World Is Not Enough' (1999) You can even say there are 21
Bond films if you count 1967's 'Casino Royale'. 'The World Is Not
Enough' is vintage James Bond. It resembles the old days when Bond
movies had great sub plots and a diverse number of characters,
including the variety of beautiful women who have been central to the
plot. Since the Bond films have resembled romance novels, comic books,
car ads, travel brochures and liquor spots, you would think that enough
is enough. But the films are addictive. They are alluring to the most
avid movie fan and while some have failed in recent memory, such as the
badly edited and music style video presentation of 'Tomorrow Never
Dies', it is always fun to see how bad or good the next one will be.
Terrorism and revenge are the ingredients in 'The World Is Not Enough'.
James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) becomes involved with a beautiful socialite
named Elektra King (Sophie Marceau in a surprisingly good performance)
who wants to build a large pipeline across Asia and needs protection
from having it destroyed by her rivals. Bond also locks horns with a
terrorist named Renard (Robert Carlyle, the skinny stripper with the
son in 'The Full Monty') who has a bullet lodged in his brain which is
slowly killing him. But for now, he has lost a couple of his senses,
including the sense of touch which makes him seemingly invincible since
he can't feel pain. There is also a nuclear scientist named Dr.
Christmas Jones (Denise Richards) who is the film's most annoying
character and couldn't possibly survive physically in the real world
but manages to hold her own with Bond in the movies. Elektra was
kidnapped by Renard many years ago and has a past with him. She was
sort of brain washed and mentally drawn to him by the whole ordeal and
her loyalty may or not be to him as Bond finds out throughout the
course of the film. A lot of intriguing thrillers have a complicated
plot not easy to follow and this James Bond installment has many
cleverly interwoven plots and sub plots with stories all on a collision
course with one another. It's the best Bond film I've seen since 1983's
'Octopussy' which was the best one featuring Roger Moore. Other
characters who return are
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