Well, they just cannot stop from shooting themselves in the foot can they...? Bond producers are so bloody infuriating!

One fo the best franchises in movie history and they are unable to forge their own destiny - choosing to tread the same old worn path time and time again.

If Goldeneye was a modern Connery, then this Moore the whole way. It has the skiing, the underwater, the boat chasing, the hot air balloon, the nuclear bomb diffusal.

It hasn't aged as badly as I thought it would. Christmas Jones is still a poor Bond girl but not as bad as some of the others from the dodgy 60s and 70s films. Carlyle is okay but not great - yet it is Sophie Marceau who deserves all the credit.

I like the little bits that Brosnan clearly adds in himself. The aftermath of the killing shows that Bond is an assassin and that should never be forgotten.

There is a significant chunk of nonsense though that I'd like to have had removed or replaced which I'd hope a director's cut would have done. But seemingly the 160 minute press cut isn't worthy of a re-edit now that that Bond producers got their cheque...

If the stupidity didn't escalate with each movie, I'd be looking forward to rewatching Die Another Day. I've braced myself...


7/10