BOND: WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, THE(1999)

Bond! James Bond!

The last movie to have the great Desmond Llewelyn(Q)
in it! He was sadly killed in a car accident shortly after
the release of this movie. Very saddening, as he had
been in every Bond movie since Goldfinger, except the
two non-Broccoli movies, Never Say Never Again and the
first Casino Royale, as well as Live And Let Die! After this
movie, John Cleese takes over as Q(he's called R in this
one!) in the next Bond movie, Die Another Day! A decent
enough substitute, but he could never replace Desmond!

Robert Carlyle is a very good villain here, as is Sophie
Marceau! Denise Richards does quite well as the love
interest, and Robbie Coltrane returns as the sometimes
friend sometimes enemy Valentin Zukovsky!

A very good final movie for Desmond! A

A review from another:

In his 19th screen outing, Ian Fleming's superspy is
once again caught in the crosshairs of a self-created
dilemma: as the longest-running feature-film franchise,
James Bond is an annuity his producers want to protect,
yet the series' consciously formulaic approach frustrates
any real element of surprise beyond the rote application
of plot twists or jump cuts to shake up the audience.
This time out, credit 007's caretakers for making some
visible attempts to invest their principal characters with
darker motives--and blame them for squandering The
World Is Not Enough's initial promise by the final reel.

By now, Bond pictures are as elegantly formal as a Bach
chorale, and this one opens on an unusually powerful
note. A stunning pre-title sequence reaches beyond mere
pyrotechnics to introduce key plot elements as the action
leaps from Bilbao to London. Bond 5.0, Pierce Brosnan,
undercuts his usually suave persona with a darker, more
brutal edge largely absent since Sean Connery departed.
Equally tantalizing are our initial glimpses of Bond's nemesis
du jour, Renard (Robert Carlyle), and imminent love interest,
Elektra King (Sophie Marceau), both atypically complex
characters cast with seemingly shrewd choices, and directed
by the capable Michael Apted. The story's focus on post-Soviet
geopolitics likewise starts off on a savvy note, before being
overtaken by increasingly Byzantine plot twists, hidden motives,
and reversals of loyalty superheated by relentless (if intermittently
perfunctory) action sequences.

Indeed, the procession of perils plays like a greatest hits
medley, save for a nifty sequence involving airborne buzz
saws that's as enjoyable as it is preposterous. Bond's grimmer
demeanor, while preferable to the smirk that eventually
swallowed Roger Moore whole, proves wearying, unrelieved
by any true wit. The underlying psychoses that propel Renard
and Elektra eventually unravel into unconvincing melodrama,
while Bond is supplied with a secondary love object, Denise
Richards, who's even more improbable as a nuclear physicist.
Ultimately, this World is not enough despite its better
intentions. --Sam Sutherland

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Music playing is:
Theme From James Bond:
The World Is Not Enough!
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