The problem for me is that the story is so entirely at the service of the special effects.
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10/13/08
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Die Another Day (2002)
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Reviews Counted:189
Fresh:112
Rotten:77
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: Pure formula, but it has some nifty elements.
Theatrical Release:Nov 22, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $160,201,106
Synopsis: In DIE ANOTHER DAY, the 20th James Bond adventure, 007 (Pierce Brosnan) gets off to a rough start when he is captured and subsequently tortured during an assignment in North Korea. When the suave... [More]
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, Rosamund Pike
Director: Lee Tamahori
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Reviews for Die Another Day
Top CriticI've been dining out on this story for years, and the meals seem to be getting poorer.
10/13/08
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.
07/02/08
good last outing for brosnan
02/12/08
Die Another Day is both skillful and playful, and that's about as high a compliment as I can give a 007 film.
07/30/07
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.
07/14/07
One of the sturdier and darker of James Bond films.
05/26/06
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.
01/26/06
One thing remains the same -- the vital fun that a Bond movie brings.
12/06/05
Brosnan's best mission as Bond yet, and the most satisfying installment of the franchise in recent memory.
12/06/05
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.
12/06/05
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.
09/30/05
In boldface fact, 'Die Another Day' is the best Bond in years, and arguably ranks with the vintage Sean Connery set. Any Connery/Bond fan knows that is high-spy praise.
10/14/04
This is the first James Bond film in a long time that I found entertaining.
10/07/04
This Bond doesn’t stop for donuts or martinis....Exhume Die Another Day and you’ll find a fascinating allegory about the 2002 Second Coming of the Bush presidency.
02/16/04
Fun, reliably familiar and bigger than life.
02/01/04
The spy whom we all loved is looking less human and more like a videogame character. . . . Die Another Day is Just Another Bond for the attention-deficit generation.
12/01/03
Halle Berry gives a go at the 007 franchise, working with Pierce Brosnan to show us a ripping good time.
10/07/03
With its contemporary feel and set pieces galore, this Bond will leave you both shaken and stirred.
08/30/03
Bond is back with a bang!
08/16/03
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