Unlike many, I have enjoyed Pierce Brosnan as Bond. He appears to have more fun with the role than any of his predecessors since Connery. But "The World is Not Enough" was a disappointment. It lacked the creativity of Brosnan's two previous efforts, and instead pieces together action sequences from other Bond films. We get souped-up versions of the boat chase from "From Russia With Love," the skiing scene from "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," and the old we've-got-to-deactivate-the-bomb gimmick from "Goldfinger," and "A View to a Kill," amongst others.
Both "Goldeneye" and "Tomorrow Never Dies" had wonderfully grandiose villains intent on striking fear in the hearts of everyone on earth. But the bad guys in "T.W.I.N.E." are rendered impotent by their lack of ambition. So while Robert Carlyle gives a chillingly malefic performance as Renard, it is wasted in a film which felt more like a Timothy Dalton Bond flick than the two brilliant throwbacks to the heyday of Sean Connery that Brosnan previously made.
Both "Goldeneye" and "Tomorrow Never Dies" had wonderfully grandiose villains intent on striking fear in the hearts of everyone on earth. But the bad guys in "T.W.I.N.E." are rendered impotent by their lack of ambition. So while Robert Carlyle gives a chillingly malefic performance as Renard, it is wasted in a film which felt more like a Timothy Dalton Bond flick than the two brilliant throwbacks to the heyday of Sean Connery that Brosnan previously made.