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007 Tomorrow Never Dies
Pierce Brosnan's 007 takes on Jonathan Pryce's megalomaniac media baron in this enjoyable update on the tried and tested formula. Efficient action, gleaming product placement and, in Michelle Yeoh, a convincing foil for Bond
Having been pivotal in the re-branding of the Bond franchise with 1995's Goldeneye, here Brosnan again lodges his application for Sean Connery's crown. Big, slick and thrusting, Tomorrow Never Dies continues in the action-driven, innuendo-laden ("You always were a cunning linguist, Moneypenny") tradition of yore. Tipping its hat to the likes of Rupert Murdoch and Ted Turner, this time round the villain is media overlord Elliot Carver (Pryce). He controls the flow of information everywhere in the world except China, a situation he seeks to rectify by provoking World War III. Fortunately Bond's on the case and with him is lethal Chinese agent Wai Lin (Yeoh). Ruthless, smooth and hard, Brosnan is evidently at ease in the role. Pryce has nervy fun as the media baron, dictating stories to his editors and then causing them to come true. Geoffrey Palmer's Admiral Roebuck and Judi Dench's disapproving M lend weight to proceedings, in this sophisticated instalment that references everything we've come to expect from Bond, with a very welcome contemporary spin. Verdict A stylish and entertaining instalment in the Bond series that whizzes by in a blur of action, gadgets and loaded one-liners. |
