Release Year: 1995 Rating: PG-13 Duration: 130 minutes Other Title: Bond 17 Director: Martin Campbell Producer: Albert "Cubby" Broccoli, Barbara Broccoli, Michael G Wilson
Bond is back, this time with Pierce Brosnan as the British superspy. Now that the Cold War is over, Bond has new enemies to contend with. Despite the end of the Cold War, James Bond still finds himself pitted against nefarious Russians who want to rule the world. This time around, his enemies are a gang of mobsters and former military men who have gained access to the Goldeneye, which can cut off electrical currents in London. Alec Trevelyan (Sean Bean) is the leader, with General Ourumov (Gottfried John) an additional threat. Sizzling Bond babe Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen) is the sleek robber who, with Ourumov, successfully steals the Goldeneye, which the villains plan to use in their quest to control financial markets around the globe. However, this grizzly group of scoundrels is no match for Bond, who constantly outwits their attempts to assassinate him. Bond rescues the tough and lovely Natalya Simonova (Izabella Scorupco), who was caught in Trevalyan's deadly web, and she eventually helps Bond turn the tables on his foes as he uses his quick instincts, innovative weapons, and cool gadgetry to save the day
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Pierce Brosnan as James Bond
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James Bond: I must say, I've had a lovely evening.
Xenia Onatopp: Well, once again the pleasure was all yours.
It's been ages since I last saw a Bond film. I think the last one I saw was Dalton's first Bond film. Pierce Brosnan is a major improvement over Dalton. Dalton was cold, angst ridden, and serious. While this personality is probably closer to reality, Bond films have never been very realistic. They are in fact, very silly, with megalomaniac villains who wants to take over/destroy the world. Bond is constantly being placed into "escape-proof" death traps which he eventually escapes. The appeal of Bond is his bad boy image. Brosnan restore some of that fun image to the character that Dalton had wore away.
