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Saturday, March 30, 2013

Tomorrow Never Dies

The major villain in the 18th Bond film is a media mogul (Elliot Carver, played by Jonathan Pryce) attempting to engineer the start of World War Three. As a concept it works brilliantly, and with more than a few digs at the media (some of which could potentially still ring true) and the people who control it.
Carver's plan is to turn the UK and China against each other, sparking a war and continuing his plan to dominate the world's media. His first step is simple: place his stealth ship in an area with forces from both sides and attack both whilst cloaked. In this instance, he orders the sinking of a British ship and shoots down a Chinese plane. With no other force in the area, they point the finger at each other, and the headlines of media he controls scream for blood.
Apart from the stealth ship, the most memorable part of this film is the Bond car. A BMW 750i, it has the capability to be driven remotely, setting up a superb sequence in a car park where Bond drives the vehicle from the backseat and unleashes its array of weaponry at his attackers.
In another good move story-wise, Bond allies with Colonel Wai Lin (played by Michelle Yeoh) as they try to bring Carver down. Wai Lin herself is a Chinese spy, and her and Bond's teamwork goes most of the way (as expected) to uncovering the deception.
While it isn't as good as GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies more than holds its own as a high quality Bond film.

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997): 119 minutes
Bond Songs: Tomorrow Never Dies by Sheryl Crow, Surrender by K.D. Lang

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