Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

not as good as all the hype

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

The first must-see film of the year.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) is my seventh favorite James Bond 007 movie and Pierce Brosnan second best movie he did in my opinion. It is not better than GoldenEye but it is good decent action movie with great explosions, dangerous stunts and great action. Who is my favorite James Bond 007? That will definitely be Pierce Brosnan no one else, since his first film GoldenEye. I saw this movie as a fifteen year old teen I even have a poster at home from this movie. I love this movie I thought Roger Spottiswoode did a good job directing it. I thought it had decent stunts, decent action, less humor than Roger Moore. If you agree with me good, if you disagree with me that is your opinion. Tomorrow Never Dies is the 18th entry in the official James Bond film series.Pierce Brosnan makes his second appearance as Agent 007, James Bond heads to stop a media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage. I love the opening scene in which in Russia Bond steals airplane with military missals and weapons who are been sold to international terrorist and brings them home. We see Pierce Brosnan flying an airplane. In real life Pierce Brosnan was scared of that airplane he thought the crew will killed him. You have a beautiful explosions from those airplanes. In Hamburg, Germany Bond breaks into the headquarters of Carver's media company and finds the office occupied by Henry Gupta, Carver's communications specialist and known techno-terrorist. He is been chased from security guys, because Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh) makes entry and she touches the alarm. Bond is being fired by machine guns in which he flees great action sequences.Bond drives a new car BMW 7 Series with a remote control on a cell phone Ericson. I miss those times in which we used Ericsson cell phone. In 2004 I had that phone for a year until it got broken and I had to buy a new phone. Bond with cell phone drives with his cell phone as a remotely without touching the steering wheel. I did read a complaint about this scene on IMDb that is not realistic and it shouldn't have been in this movie. Listen folks it is a fiction not realistic, it James Bond so who cares. I never mind that scene it was great action sequence in which Bond eluded his attackers and he drove his car off the wall ha ha.James Bond and Wai Lin in Saigon, Vietnam jumped off the building in Carver's HQ. They escaped Carver's henchman and the flee off the building. They slide down Carver's poster while been handcuffed. Great action sequence in which Pierce Brosnan and Michele Yeoh drove handcuff on a motorcycle. That was incredible dangerous stunt. I read Michelle Yeoh did her own stunt on the motorcycle and it was really painful too sit on that bike her legs and body hurt her. Cars and helicopter chased them until they hanker the helicopter and it explodes. Practical effect real explosion no CGI or shaky cam real action. Bond in Vietnam that was interested story well done acted. Bond on the ship a stealth craft that is invisible on the radar uses hand grenade and he actives with his watch the grenade explodes and he makes the ship visible on the radar. Bond kick's ass and he kill's on the end Carver. He throws Carver in to the sea drill excellent. Bond is fired with machine guns and he fires back killing several Carver's man.Jonathan Pryce plays a good memorable villain, 'the emperor of the air,' Elliot Carver who was prepared to go to any length to increase the power of his media empire. If you think actor Jonathan Pryce did not a good job playing a bad guy. Watch him Ronin (1998) with Robert De Niro a year after this movie he played another bad guy.Götz Otto plays Stamper, the loyal psychopath henchman who follows Carver's orders murdering a group of shipwrecked British sailors. He was a good second bad guy but he wasn't memorable like Famke Janssen as Xenia Onatopp.Judi Dench is once again as M and she is more handsome and awesome than she was in GoldenEye. She is a good heart person in this movie I thought the actress did her job well. Samantha Bond, Joe Don Baker and Desmond Llewellyn - all reprise their "GoldenEye" roles.Michelle Yeoh did a good job as Wai Lin the new Bond girl she was awarded for the role of Wai Lin. A martial artist of considerable skills, she preferred to work alone - until she begins to trust 007.Carver's wife Paris was played by the great beauty, Teri Hatcher was excellent as Paris Carver's wife. She was good in her role and her performance. After an assassin kill's Carver's wife here we seen Bond's remorse and feelings, not a stone killer like Daniel Craig in Quantum of Solace.Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) is the eighteenth spy film in the James Bond series to be produced by Eon Productions, and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode, with the screenplay written by Bruce Feirstein.10/10 Great Bond theme, it is my seventh favorite James Bond 007 movie in top ten favorite Bond films. I love this film to death and in my opinion it is way underrated.

James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) heads to stop a media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage.The Bond films are both hit and miss as well as an acquired taste. And each time there is a new Bond, people readjust and some people just will not move on. Personally, I think Brosnan was a great Bond, and I actually think this is one of the best films in the series, contrary to popular opinion.Much of the series is either about Soviet issues or post-Soviet issues. This one, however, is about global media dominance. Now 20 years old, it seems more appropriate than ever with its satellites and cell phones. This movie could have been made today with only the most minor of adjustments.

Brosnan's second outing as the world's favourite super-spy is a ferocious, rip-roaring action yarn that definitely requires a little more work on the plot side of the film. Basically, there isn't one. It's about Brosnan going after newspaper giant Jonathan Pryce – who plans to create a small war in the China seas to sell his paper using bad news – and the series of set-pieces and high-octane battles that rapidly follow. The pacing certainly isn't a problem, with things opening with an ill-advised shoot-em-up involving a plane and closing with one of those clichéd one-man-boards-the-enemy-boat-and-destroys-it-singlehandedly sequences which seems to go on forever. Director Roger Spottiswoode can be relied on to deliver plenty of breathless action but always leaves the characters a raw deal. Never at one point do we really find ourselves engaged in what's going on up on screen, instead it feels a bit like the straightforward cartoonish adventures that Hollywood make oh so well.Brosnan has some good scenes as Bond and handles himself well in the comedy and action stakes. It's the best performance he gave as Bond. The supporting cast includes an irritating and overacting Pryce as the laughing bad guy, his performance buffoonish rather than vaguely threatening, a far cry from the usual assured turns he delivers. Similarly, Teri Hatcher is poor in a poorly-written role, her character's death making no emotional impact on Bond or the audience whatsoever. There are some interesting villainous henchmen – Gotz Otto is a fine right-hand man but needs something to make him memorable (a killer bowler, metal teeth, metal arm, something of the kind), Ricky Jay wasted as a computer technician, Vincent Schiavelli hilarious as a professional assassin – and a feisty female sidekick in the welcome Michelle Yeoh, who gets to show off her trademark high-kicking martial arts skills. There's even a cameo from action choreographer and Shaw Brothers icon Phillip Kwok, which I was delighted about.The action fan will also be entertained by the endless punch-ups and machine gun battles, the action here displaying some affection for John Woo's stylised two-guns-blazing OTT choreographed battles. The various chase sequences are excellent, with the highlights including a great motorbike chase through Beijing and a wondrous episode in a parking garage involving Bond's super-duper new Aston Martin. Overall, it's not quite a classic, but for the somewhat lacklustre Brosnan era it's a winner.

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997): Dir: Roger Spottiswoode / Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Pryce, Teri Hatcher, Ricky Jay: Exciting 007 outing with explosive action and wit. Title regards the promise of a secure future with James Bond investigating a sunken ship that was attacked on International waters. Jonathan Pryce plays the villain who creates havoc to boost his news coverage. Teamed with Michelle Yeoh and aided with gadgets including a car controlled by pad. Interesting setup descends into high powered action handled effectively by director Roger Spottiswoode. This is a vast improvement after having directed the embarrassing Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot. Pierce Brosnan brings charm and charisma to Bond while Michelle Yeoh is excellent as the lady agent. Both find themselves within compromising situations where luck plays a factor. Jonathan Pryce portrays a delightful villain in that he has Bond's obituary written before he has the opportunity to kill him. Teri Hatcher is a memorable Bond villainess. She is the trophy wife of the Pryce character but she also use to be involved with Bond. It is through this where he seduces her thus leading to fatal consequences. Ricky Jay plays a techno terrorist who makes an escape early on with an encoder needed by Pryce. Entertaining installment paving the way for the 007 flicks of tomorrow. Score: 9 / 10