The problem for me is that the story is so entirely at the service of the special effects.
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Die Another Day (2002)
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Reviews Counted:35
Fresh:15
Rotten:20
Average Rating:5.7/10
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 expect more from Bond, so thumbs down.
11/25/02
Top CriticThe film is so fraught with explosions and chases that the action eventually feels numbing.
11/22/02
Top CriticA bit like watching a champion fighter win a title bout on points rather than a satisfying knockout.
11/22/02
Top CriticThe new movie lacks something, a special something.
11/22/02
Top CriticA lot smarter than your average Bond.
11/22/02
Top CriticThe most thrilling, lavishly designed and imaginative Bond picture in years.
11/22/02
Top CriticIf you watch movies chiefly for stunts and special effects, this Bond is for you. If you watch to see a beloved formula regurgitated, make tracks.
11/22/02
Top CriticIt's a movie that tries to have it both ways -- and for the most part, succeeds.
11/22/02
Top Critic'Die Another Day's' special effects will make your eyes open so wide your contacts might fall out, but the spy caper is double-crossed by a stupid script littered with one-liners so dumb that 007 actually makes XXX (Vin Diesel) sound like he's clever.
11/22/02
Top CriticThere's a heavy stench of 'been there, done that' hanging over the film. It's everything you'd expect -- but nothing more.
11/22/02
Top CriticAs professionally mediocre as its predecessors.
11/22/02
Top CriticThere's only so much ridiculousness the human mind can take, and director Lee Tamahori crosses that line by a good 20 minutes.
11/22/02
Top CriticSurely it will not be giving things away to tell you there's absolutely nothing new about the latest episode.
11/22/02
Top CriticIn a movie that's distinguished by some higher heights than most recent Bonds, and some new lows, Die Another Day also sees Bond do battle with obviously artificial digitally created backgrounds and effects.
11/22/02
Top CriticIf I can't return to the past, I'll happily follow a Bond this reenergized into the future.
11/22/02
Top CriticIt's better than the last film, The World Is Not Enough, but it doesn't really recapture the old vim and vigor.
11/22/02
Top CriticThe first installment of the new millennium, maintains the franchise's standing as the ultimate cinematic guilty pleasure.
11/22/02
Top CriticRemember when Bond had more glamour than clamor? No more.
11/22/02
Top CriticThis movie has the usual impossible stunts ... But it has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie.
11/22/02
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