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The World Is Not Enough (1999) 6.3
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6.3/10 from 108,524 users
Metascore: 59/100
Reviews: 650 user | 177 critic | 33 from Metacritic.com James Bond uncovers a nuclear plot when he protects an oil heiress from her former kidnapper, an international terrorist who can't feel pain. Director:Michael Apted |
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Pierce Brosnan | ... | ||
| Sophie Marceau | ... | ||
| Robert Carlyle | ... | ||
| Denise Richards | ... | ||
| Robbie Coltrane | ... | ||
| Judi Dench | ... | ||
| Desmond Llewelyn | ... | ||
| John Cleese | ... | ||
| Maria Grazia Cucinotta | ... | ||
| Samantha Bond | ... | ||
| Michael Kitchen | ... | ||
| Colin Salmon | ... | ||
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Goldie | ... | |
| David Calder | ... | ||
| Serena Scott Thomas | ... | ||
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
James Bond is back. An oil tycoon is murdered in MI6 and Bond is sent to protect his daughter. Renard, who has a bullet lodged in his brain from a previous agent, is secretly planning the destruction of a pipeline. Bond gains a hand from a research scientist, Dr. Christmas Jones who witnesses the action which happens when Bond meets up with Renard, but Bond becomes suspicious about Elektra King, especially when Bond's boss, M goes missing. Bond must work quickly to prevent Renard from destroying Europe. Written by simon
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As the countdown begins for the new millennium there is still one number you can always count on. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence, some sexuality and innuendo | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
19 November 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Bond 19 See more »Filming Locations:
Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK See more »Box Office
Budget:
$135,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£6,273,584 (UK) (26 November 1999)Gross:
$126,930,660 (USA) (21 April 2000)Company Credits
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Lachaise: So good of you to come see me, Mr Bond, particularly on such short notice.
James Bond: If you can't trust a Swiss banker, then what's the world come to?
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Performed by Garbage
Written by David Arnold and Don Black
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Before the shoots even begun, a set was being built in Turkey and it was almost done. One day when the director of the movie was touring around Istanbul, a bombing event took place. Therefore the shots that included the cast were never shot in Istanbul, according to the director, due to security reasons. Not a single cast member actually went to Istanbul. The shots of Robert Carlyle and his men getting off the boat on the jetty at Elektra's palace were shot in the tank at Pinewood against a blue/green screen. See more »Goofs
After the pipeline explosion, Bond calls Roberts, who tells him that M has been taken. Roberts then signs off without waiting to hear why Bond called in the first place. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Lachaise: So good of you to come see me, Mr Bond, particularly on such short notice.
James Bond: If you can't trust a Swiss banker, then what's the world come to?
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"JAMES BOND WILL RETURN" See more »Soundtracks
"The World Is Not Enough"Performed by Garbage
Written by David Arnold and Don Black
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The first time I saw this in the cinema in '99, I remember actively disliking it - the first time I'd had that reaction to a new Bond release. I saw it a second time at the cinema, and disliked it less - but still wasn't keen. Now, in the dying days of 2002, and quaking with hatred for - and disappointment at - 'Die Another Day', I re-evaluated TWINE for a second time. And I have to say, compared to this year's farce, TWINE is bathed in a golden glow. In terms of character development, plausibility (always tenuous in Bond films, but still), acting, and script, TWINE is far and away and without a shadow of doubt superior to 'Die Another Day'. Above all, this is a Bond film that does occasionally treat its audience like they have brain cells, rather than a ghastly exercise in sci-fi pretensions with MTV production values.
The opening sequence reveals itself to be one of the very best in the series, taut and exciting, flawlessly directed and perfectly executed. There's nothing else in the film that can quite top it, but some inspired casting helps immeasurably. Sophie Marceau is superb, and it's great to see Robbie Coltrane reprise Valentin Zukovsky, who bags many of the best lines. Judy Dench as 'M' is given a high profile in this entry, which is all to the good as she's clearly the best thing to happen to the Bond films in the Brosnan era. Alas, Desmond Llwelyn makes his final appearance as 'Q' - it would be thus even had he not died the following year - and his exit is well-handled.touching, even. On the downside, Robert Carlyle is not quite convincing as Renard, but it barely matters as Marceau is so firmly in control. Denise Richards isn't as bad as she's been made out to be - indeed, she actually seems smarter and less bland than Halle Berry in DAD.
Plot and action sequences throughout the film are deftly handled, but there are some areas where TWINE seems a little derivative, cheerfully looting the Bond back catalogue, for example in the Caucasus skiing sequence which fuses together action setpieces from YOLT and OHMSS. There are also moments of alarming silliness more redolent of the 1970s and '80s, such as the scene with John Cleese making his debut as future-'Q' and all scenes with Goldie in as Bullion. And for those of us who aren't fans of Pierce Brosnan, there's plenty to annoy - excessive jaw-clenching, lots of posing, inherent charmlessness. I'm sure he's lovely in real life, mind.
Generally, though this is a competent entry in the series, and its attempts at depth just about succeed. It is also the most `how'-and-`why'-proof Bond film since the 1960s, a refreshing change from those Bond films that arrogantly command the audience to suspend their beliefs and do all the maths themselves. Quite why it all went wrong three years later is anyone's guess, but I blame 'XXX' and a continuing adoration of 'The Matrix'.