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The World Is Not Enough [1999]
The World Is Not Enough [1999]
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Director: Michael Apted
Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Denise Richards, Goldie, Sophie Marceau
Studio: MGM Entertainment
Category: DVD

List Price: £14.99
Buy New: £4.39
You Save: £10.60 (71%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars(1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 13714

Format: Box Set, Pal
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Media: DVD
Running Time: 123 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.6

EAN: 5039036039277
ASIN: B001EINT64

Release Date: October 20, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Bond back on good form   November 3, 2008
After the disappointment of Tomorrow Never Days, it perhaps shouldn't have been too surprising that, as per the usual EON pattern of alternating good and bad Bond films, The World is Not Enough turned out rather well. It helps that it has a stronger plot this time round as well as some attempt at an element of mystery - along with For Your Eyes Only this is the only Bond where the identity of the real villain is withheld for the first half of the movie. It's also more character-based than usual, with some interesting dialogue that takes on a different dimension once you know who's on the side of the angels and who isn't. The Maguffin is an oil-based variation on Goldfinger's big scheme, but the execution is very different and rather more grounded. Brosnan has the best character writing of his tenure but isn't always up to it: the moments of ruthlessness convince but he's one of those actors who can't stand still and just be and always has to do something, making him seem somewhat ADDS in some scenes and leads to a couple of strange bits of gurning. Yet it can still lay claim to being his best performance in the role, and the presence of Sophie Marceau and Robert Carlyle helps raise the acting bar enough so that even Denise Richards' hot pant wearing nuclear scientist - in-joke casting at its finest - isn't quite as bad as she's been painted. br /br /There's a slightly schizoid feel to Michael Apted's direction at times seeming a tad uncertain and stylistically very different from Vic Armstrong's action scenes. It's certainly not difficult to tell who shot what, and not just because Armstrong seems better at hiding the significant height difference between Brosnan and Carlyle. While still variable (the opening boat chase has a few too many sight gags and the helicopter/chainsaw sequence doesn't work as well as it should), the action scenes are much better handled this time round and much better integrated into the story. Despite some awful wisecracks, this feels less like an attempt to hang plenty of setpieces on a flimsy plot and more like the action is being dictated by the story. Definitely one of the better modern Bond outings. br /br /There's not much new in the two-disc Ultimate Edition to justify an upgrade though. While the extras from the previous release have been carried over, there's only a Hong Kong press conference and a few deleted and alternate scenes. Of these - including Renard's very unimpressive original entrance, more tomfoolery in Q's lab and a line about madmen in hollowed out volcanoes filled with large breasted women threatening the world with nuclear war ("It only takes one") among them - only a visually striking scene in the abandoned oilfields seems good enough to have kept.

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