Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

bombersflyup The World Is Not Enough is one of the weaker installments of Bond. Though still a good film, the plot is rather complex and uninteresting.It is also missing two of the main ingredients in Bond films; one being the villain Renard who is barely in it and doesn't have much presence other than his impact on Elektra and the second being the Bond girl, Denise Richards as a nuclear scientist, ludicrous and in the way. While, Sophie Marceau pretty much takes up the role of both of these to a degree and is incredibly alluring, it is a bit of a mess. The opening teaser is probably the best part of the film, which is often the case with the Brosnan films. The song by Garbage is okay, but not memorable.

SimonJack As a mystery, "The World is Not Enough" is one of the best movies based on Ian Fleming's Agent 007 of England's Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6. This film has plenty of intrigue that the audience isn't aware even exists in the first third of the film. About midway, one begins to suspect that there's something not yet known about the bad guys. And the last one quarter to one third brings the mystery out into the light. This is one heck of a James Bond Thriller. There are a number of unusual aspects in this film. More than the usual amount of scenarios take place outside of the glamour and glitter of big cities, fancy digs and party places. Filming locations included Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Spain, France, England, Wales, Scotland and the Bahamas. And, true to the form of the James Bond series, some new and different source of mayhem are introduced in "Tomorrow Never Dies." The most gruesome of these is a helicopter tree saw. It's more ferocious than any pictures I've seen of such equipment. I don't know where modern writers come up with these ideas, but I doubt that Ian Fleming would have written about such a "weapon" in his mid-20th century novels. John Cleese joins the Bond "family," introduced as "R," to be the eventual successor to "Q." The aging Q has been played for several films by Desmond Llewelyn, who was 85 years old when this film was made. He died the same year. Cleese, of course, is no spring chicken, coming on board at age 60. But one can see a different comedy wrinkle he can add, continuing on as the new "Q."I marked this for possible spoilers just for tipping folks off that there's more intrigue about who the real culprit is in this film. But, I won't divulge who or what happens in the plot. Here are some favorite lines in this film. Q, "Now pay attention double O seven. I've always tried to teach you two things. First, never let them see you bleed." James Bond, "And the second?" "Always have an escape plan." He slowly descends. Elektra King, "There's no point in living if you can't feel alive."M, "If there's even the slightest chance, Bond will survive. He's the best we have... though I'd never tell him."Dr. Christmas Jones, "Do you wanna put that in English for the rest of us who don't speak 'spy?'"

zkonedog After two previous Bond outings, Pierce Brosnan was able to hone in his Bond persona and turn in perhaps his best overall performance as the British spy in "The World Is Not Enough". Sadly, after an incredible "first act", the second half of the film drags it down almost two whole stars.For a basic plot summary, "World" sees Bond (Brosnan) up against the Russian baddie Renard (Robert Carlyle) for control over a key oil pipeline. Along the way, Bond runs into a few beauties (Sophie Marceau & Denise Richards), gets his orders from M (Judi Dench), and receives the gadgets from Q (Desmond Llewelyn).The first half of the film is some of the best Bond action ever. Brosnan is incredibly slick, his chemistry with Marceau is palpable, and the action is full-throttle without being over-the-top. Basically, Bond is firing on all cylinders.However, when Renard is introduced (and proves to be nothing ever close to menacing) this film takes a sharp nosedive. Only adding to the misery is the terrible acting from Richards. I know that Bond girls are usually "seen but not heard", so to speak, but I think one can say that Richards is the worst of the worst by quite a large margin.Overall, "The World Is Not Enough" is a very fun Bond outing until it nosedives about halfway through. My exact rating would be 3.5 stars, but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt because of how much fun I had in the first half.

Ronan Goron villains! The film opens with quite a long pre-credit sequence that establishes the actual story quite well and features a brilliant hovercraft chase scene across the Thames and London! After a stylish title sequence the story kicks off, in which Bond has to look after Elektra, daughter of a murdered oil tycoon, who runs a massive oil pipeline. It would become quite obvious that Elektra was a villain, but it was a nice twist considering we rooted for her during the ski chase (thanks for that) and she became a very unlike-able character that had a somewhat odd relationship with the main villain, Renard. Renard is quite a standard villain but with the far-fetched gimmick of being immune to pain due to a bullet in his head. The rest of the cast is great, with the return of Robbie Coltrane (who is sadly killed) as well as Judi Dench as M with a more prominent role this time and the last appearance of Desmond Llewellyn as Q. Also, there's inexplicably John Cleese as Q's replacement. The Bond girl of the film, Dr. Christmas Jones, is certainly capable...but it's very hard to believe she's a nuclear physicist. Her name was also just there to make a crude pun at the end of the film. Brosnan as Bond is great here, partaking in some great action, like the ski chase, the battle at the oil pipeline, as well as showing off his gadget-filled car at the caviar factory and some fisty cuffs in Renard's boat. Of course, because he can't feel anything, that fight is not satisfying and Elektra deserved that death a lot more. Overall, I think this is fairly underrated, stylish and action-packed film with some dragging and disjointed scenes, but always manages to pick up.