Pierce Brosnan's final outing as James Bond and it was a good one. Wasn't great, but it was certainly entertaining.
The 20th Bond film sees the titular character betrayed on a mission in North Korea in the pre-title sequence. A spectacular hovercraft race later, he "kills" a rogue North Korean colonel but is captured and subsequently imprisoned. After being released as part of a prisoner exchange, Bond sets himself the task of finding out just who betrayed him, and killing a North Korean agent he believed was involved in his torture.
It's release helped mark 40 years since Dr No, and as such, several elements in the film alluded to previous chapters (jet pack, various gadgets). It is also the first not to feature Desmond Llewelyn as Q since From Russia With Love, as Llewelyn died in a car crash shortly after the film's release.
The film itself features some great sequences, such as Bond and Zao's car chase across the Antarctic surface. Bond's stealth-equipped Aston Martin Vanquish (referred to as the Vanish) proves to be matched by Zao's Jaguar XKR with both cars equipped with similar features - i.e. rockets, missiles and thermal imaging.
The idea of a weapon like Project Icarus is a smart one that acts as what I interpretted to be a throwback to the older days of Bond where space would be heavily featured.
Another few great sequences are the two sword fights. The first one is between Bond and his nemesis for this chapter Gustav Graves, and the second one between Bond girl Jinx (Halle Berry) and double agent Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike).
Die Another Day (2002): 133 minutes
Bond Songs: Die Another Day by Madonna
Sunday, March 31, 2013
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