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Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Bond
James Bond
James Bond
See cause it's the name of the company, and even if the CEO dies, the company won't cause someone's bound to take it over again...
Bond: Pierce Brosnan (GoldenEye • Die Another Day)
Bond Girl: Wai Lin Played By: Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon • Memoirs of a Geisha)
Bond Villain: Elliot Carver Played By: Jonathan Pryce (Brazil • Evita)
Villain's Goon: Stamper Played By: Götz Otto (Downfall)
Genre: Action Adventure Thriller (UK, USA)
Directed By: Roger Spottiswoode (Turner & Hooch • Air America)
Overview: Elliot Carver is a media baron who is preparing to unveil his global network sattelite. Sadly, part of his sinister plot involves provoking Britain and China to war, all in the name of getting exclusive media coverage.
Tomorrow Never Dies is the story of a Brazilian Virgin gone global with a big stick, and though obviously this is a film that has no Ian Fleming to draw from, it's still pretty damned fun.
A few scenes stand out as being exceptionally… mentionable. Let us begin with the good stuff:
Early in the film, Bond attends a launch party and is quickly discovered by our villainous Carver to be in need of lessonin'. In a refreshingly honest scene, security shows up, tells Bond that he has an urgent phone call and escort him away to a little room where three goon-grade guys tribute good old American machismo gangsta films by beating him about, under direct orders to "keep him uncomfortable", oh the wit!
Michelle Yeoh tosses in the rarely seen 'gotta team up with another agency' subplot, and she adds a lovely amount of Asian spice. First she's gadgeted up by her Chinese agency… And FYI, 'cue' in Chinese, Babblefish tells me, is 暗示. Wai Lin is certainly a heavy support role to the our Superspy, tossing in some wailin' of her own, including some kick-ass does-her-own-stunts martial artistry, and being the first Bond Girl to have a personal bodycount that rivals James'... welcome to the 90s! You've come a long way, baby!
Also the goon, by the name of Stamper, is quite the enjoyable thug indeed, with his super strength, his torture skills and his messed up sense of pleasure. But still, I couldn't help escape a few eyerolls. I'd hoped to enjoy our media baron Elliot Carver more than I did. Besides having his 'Tomorrow' company logo as an all too Orwellian, size-of-the-whole-effin-building poster of Elliot's face, we have a lovely, ever too-expository scene where, instead of discovering how subtly evil Carver is, we learn instead that he's nothing more than a petty d-bag in a sandbox. Here's a few quotes: Elliot Carver: Mr. Wallace, call the President. Tell him if he doesn't sign the bill lowering the cable rates, we will release the video of him with the cheerleader in the Chicago motel room. And after he signs the bill, release the tape anyway. Mr. Wallace: Consider him slimed. Elliot Carver: Mr. Jones, are we ready to release our new software? Jones: Yes, sir. As requested, it's full of bugs, which means people will be forced to upgrade for years. Elliot Carver: Outstanding.
Seriously? I.T. humour? How topical. Eat that, underachieving nerds! Sadly, for as much fun as Bond #18 was, the lack of Fleming's far more substantially psychopathic and sinister villains is glaring when reduced to machinations like 'I'm going to make you pay a dollar for an upgrade'. It's ok, just close your eyes during those moments and watch the Yeoh go.
Bond Cars:
As always, Bond drives his favourite Bentley and is assigned the BMW 750
Bond Gadgets:
Explosive Lighter
His cellular phone with fingerprint scanner and a 20,000 volt charge also works as a car remote for the uber armoured BMW which is equiped with a German lady accent, machine guns and rockets
Yeah, he gets a little roughed up in this one.
Performance: 8 Cinematography: 8 Script: 8 Plot: 8 Mood: 8
Overall Rating: 80% (It Lives!)
SuperSpyStats
Personal bodycount: 22 again! 2 with his bare hands!
Foiled Assassinations: 4
Near Misses: 0
Dames Bedded: 3
Martinis Drank: 0
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The World Is Not Enough is my favorite Brosnan Bond pic. I really wasn't feeling the villains and particularly the Bond girls in this one.