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| Year: | 2002 |
| Country of origin: | UK / USA |
| Director: | Lee Tamahori |
| Genre: | Bond: First Blood, Part 20 |
| Starring: | Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, Judi Dench, John Cleese |
| Rating: | 4/5 |
| IMDB link: | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246460/ |
| Tagline: | Events don't get any bigger than... |
| Favourite line: | "You have no idea how much Icarus is about to change your world." |
Much maligned, and final, Bond outing for Brosnan.
Opening to appalling reviews, this movie is a schizophrenic beast. It kicks off with some gruelling scenes of Bond being tortured and man-handled by some altogether unpleasant North Korean sorts (there aren't any other kind, if you are willing to believe the movies at least) this seems to lose its nerve about half way in and turns into a balls out, highly spectacular Bond romp that would have made Roger Moore blush.
Just a little.
After being rescued by a joint venture between British and American secret services, M sends Bond on a mission to investigate Gustav Graves, a diamond entrepreneur who also fancies himself as weapons developer extraordinaire.
His invention?
Icarus, a space based contraption ostensibly designed to bring light and warmth to the cooler, less hospitable parts of the globe but which is in truth an ultra powerful laser.
Doh!
Graves is all smarmy sophistication, a fine performance from Toby Stephen lending him the air of a man you really do want to smack in the mouth.
Really hard until it really, really hurts.
Much of the criticism came about due to the admittedly ludicrous inclusion of an invisble car and a gob smacking ice-ocean surfing sequence that has to be seen to be believed. Brosnan is as reliable as ever and Halle Berry makes for a pleasant enough distraction to the nonsense going on around her.
Much better than its reputation would have you believe.
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