Die Another Day (2002)
Average Rating: 6.1/10
Reviews Counted: 198
Fresh: 113 | Rotten: 85
Its action may be bit too over-the-top for some, but Die Another Day is lavishly crafted and succeeds in evoking classic Bond themes from the franchise's earlier installments.
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Critic Reviews: 39
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 22
Its action may be bit too over-the-top for some, but Die Another Day is lavishly crafted and succeeds in evoking classic Bond themes from the franchise's earlier installments.
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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
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Pierce Brosnan
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Halle Berry
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Toby Stephens
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Rosamund Pike
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Rick Yune
Zao -
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Michael Madsen
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Kenneth Tsang
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Will Yun Lee
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Emilio Echeverria
Raoul -
Samantha Bond
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Colin Salmon
Charles Robinson -
Mikhail Gorevoy
Vlad -
Lawrence Makoare
Mr. Kil -
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The problem for me is that the story is so entirely at the service of the special effects.
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.
Top CriticI expect more from Bond, so thumbs down.
That this Bond will be smarter is clear from its title sequence, which leaves you both shaken and stirred.
The film is so fraught with explosions and chases that the action eventually feels numbing.
A bit like watching a champion fighter win a title bout on points rather than a satisfying knockout.
No one's going to accuse DIE ANOTHER DAY of being a sophisticated spy movie. It's an over-the-top action movie that is to be enjoyed best with a big bucket of popcorn.
Face it, Die Another Day simply blows the competition away. If you want excitement, laughs and pure sex appeal, remember one thing: Bond's really do have more fun.
An attractive cast, silly gadgets, bad puns, worse CGI and a totally ludicrous plot make this the least of the Brosnan Bonds, but it all paves the way for an injection of grit with Casino Royale.
An old Bond for a new century, in which 50-year-old Brosnan, just starting to show his age, has to share time with an amazing glut of awful CGI.
There was absolutely no choice but to dial it down afterward but not because "Die Another Day" is an abomination of which to be ashamed. Alongside "You Only Live Twice," it's Bond at his most aggressively outlandish and shamelessly entertaining.
Makes one long for the days when Roger Moore -- youch! -- strapped on 007's hefty PPK.
Bond has lost his charm and there seems little chance for amelioration.
Bond flick pushes the PG-13 limits.
I've been dining out on this story for years, and the meals seem to be getting poorer.
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.
good last outing for brosnan
Die Another Day is both skillful and playful, and that's about as high a compliment as I can give a 007 film.
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.
One of the sturdier and darker of James Bond films.
One thing remains the same -- the vital fun that a Bond movie brings.
Audience Reviews for Die Another Day
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We get the typical world domination plot involving goofy technology that gets really silly and over-the-top, and, were this a Moore era film, I'd understand, but this is Brosnan! This is easily the worst entry in his tenure. He's okay, but you can tell he's getting bored wit hit. It also stings that talents like Halle Berry and Michael Madsen gets wasted.
There's plenty of action, but unfortunately a lot of it is undercut by bad effects, and the film's insistence on referencing all the other films as a tribute to 40 years of Bond gets eye rollingly insufferable at times.
I should probably hate on this movie more than I do, but as much as it gets to me, I will admit that it does have its moments and is occasionally entertaining.
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- Q: How about you aquatint yourself with the manual you should be able to shoot through that in a couple hours .
- James Bond Agent 007: It only took a few seconds Q.
- Q: I wish I could make you vanish.
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- Q: Pardon me for asking 007 but a perfect marksman isn't suppose to shoot his own boss.
- James Bond Agent 007: Check the replay you will find he's dead and she only has a flesh wound.
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- Gustav Graves: You see Mr. Bond, you can't kill my dreams. But my dreams can kill you. Time to face destiny!
- James Bond Agent 007: Time to face gravity!
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- James Bond Agent 007: I've always been known to keep my tip up.
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- Gustav Graves: Let's do this the old-fashioned way - first blood drawn from the torso!
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- James Bond Agent 007: So, you live to die another day! [to Graves]
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