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Die Another Day (2002)

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Average Rating: 6.1/10
Reviews Counted: 196
Fresh: 115 | Rotten: 81

Pure formula, but it has some nifty elements.

42

Average Rating: 5.6/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 21

Pure formula, but it has some nifty elements.

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Average Rating: 3.1/5
User Ratings: 405,121

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Movie Info

Pierce Brosnan makes his fourth appearance as suave super-spy James Bond in this espionage thriller, the 20th film in the official Bond series. While on assignment in North Korea, Bond is captured by government agents, where he's imprisoned and tortured for over a year. When Bond finally wins his freedom, not everyone is certain 007 is still capable of doing the job, but after Zao (Rick Yune), the North Korean operative who snared Bond, is discovered to be in cahoots with unscrupulous

Jun 3, 2003

$160.2M

MGM Pictures

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All Critics (203) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (124) | Rotten (81) | DVD (54)

The problem for me is that the story is so entirely at the service of the special effects.

October 13, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Chicago Reader
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I expect more from Bond, so thumbs down.

November 25, 2002 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | Comment
Ebert & Roeper
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That this Bond will be smarter is clear from its title sequence, which leaves you both shaken and stirred.

November 23, 2002 Full Review Source: Slate | Comment
Slate
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The film is so fraught with explosions and chases that the action eventually feels numbing.

November 22, 2002 Full Review Source: USA Today | Comment
USA Today
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A bit like watching a champion fighter win a title bout on points rather than a satisfying knockout.

November 22, 2002 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
Toronto Star
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The new movie lacks something, a special something.

November 22, 2002 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
San Francisco Chronicle
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Makes one long for the days when Roger Moore -- youch! -- strapped on 007's hefty PPK.

November 18, 2011 Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | Comment
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Bond flick pushes the PG-13 limits.

December 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

I've been dining out on this story for years, and the meals seem to be getting poorer.

October 13, 2008 Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | Comment
Observer [UK]

An action movie which the word "blockbuster" was practically invented for, super spy James Bond, as portrayed by Pierce Brosnan, returns for his twentieth adventure and strives not to mess with a good (or financially successful) formula.

July 2, 2008 Full Review Source: IGN Movies | Comment
IGN Movies

good last outing for brosnan

February 12, 2008 Comment

Die Another Day is both skillful and playful, and that's about as high a compliment as I can give a 007 film.

July 30, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

I can't figure out the folks behind the James Bond franchise. They keep making noise about wanting to update or inject more life into the series, but continually fall short in frustratingly obvious ways.

July 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | Comment
Big Picture Big Sound

One of the sturdier and darker of James Bond films.

May 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Combustible Celluloid

What makes this the best Bond in years is the surefootedness of Brosnan's performance, as well as Tamahori's fanboy insistence on covering all bases.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

One thing remains the same -- the vital fun that a Bond movie brings.

December 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
Film Threat

Brosnan's best mission as Bond yet, and the most satisfying installment of the franchise in recent memory.

December 6, 2005 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
TheMovieReport.com

How anyone else could sit through its 2 1/2 hours and not drop at least a dozen IQ points is beyond my comprehension. Particularly now that I've seen it.

December 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
Film Threat

With Pierce Brosnan combining the best of all the actors who came before him in the role, we have a worthy Bond to begin the journey into the next forty years.

September 30, 2005 Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Die Another Day

Die Another Day is indeed an entertaining Bond film, but it's hampered with poor acting from Halle Berry, a horrifying sequence done almost primarily in dated CGI, and also a very poor ending. It does have several things going for it though. It's cool to see James Bond go through some real torture for a change. The

November 1, 2011
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Tim Salmons

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The gadgets are cool, but it lacks substance. Kudos for Halle Berry as a Bond girl though.

August 9, 2011
Eric Alvarez

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