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Goldeneye (1995)

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Reviews Counted:11

Fresh:7

Rotten:4

Average Rating:6.3/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 18 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Directed by Martin Campbell, GOLDENEYE makes the transition to a more modern image for the James Bond series. Bond's out-of-date womanizing is presented with a feminist challenge from the newly... Directed by Martin Campbell, GOLDENEYE makes the transition to a more modern image for the James Bond series. Bond's out-of-date womanizing is presented with a feminist challenge from the newly cast Judi Dench as an impenetrable M, and Samantha Bond as a wiser and more forthright Moneypenny. The action sequences, replete with helicopter hijinks and copious explosions, are complex and stylish, making the film a polished sensation. This installment in the series introduces actor Pierce Brosnan in the role of suave, debonair, irresistible 007. Despite the end of the Cold War, James Bond still finds himself pitted against nefarious Russians who want to rule the world. This time around, his enemies are a gang of mobsters and former military men who have gained access to the Goldeneye, which can cut off electrical currents in London. Alec Trevelyan (Sean Bean) is the leader, with General Ourumov (Gottfried John) an additional threat. Sizzling Bond babe Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen) is the sleek robber who, with Ourumov, successfully steals the Goldeneye, which the villains plan to use in their quest to control financial markets around the globe. However, this grizzly group of scoundrels is no match for Bond, who constantly outwits their attempts to assassinate him. Bond rescues the tough and lovely Natalya Simonova (Izabella Scorupco), who was caught in Trevalyan's deadly web, and she eventually helps Bond turn the tables on his foes as he uses his quick instincts, innovative weapons, and cool gadgetry to save the day. [More]

Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Famke Janssen, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco

Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Famke Janssen, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Gottfried John, Judi Dench, Samantha Bond, Joe Don Baker, Robbie Coltrane, Tcheky Karyo, Alan Cumming, Desmond Llewelyn, Michael Kitchen, Minnie Driver

Director: Martin Campbell

Director: Martin Campbell
Screenwriter: Jeffrey Caine, Bruce Feirstein
Story: Michael France
Producer: Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson
Composer: Eric Serra

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Mar 24, 2009

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
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  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
  • DTS (unspecified) - English
  • Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional

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I don't know whether the Bond series has a future, but if Xenia Onatopp ever returns to try for world domination, he may finally get a battle worth fighting.

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10/13/08
Owen Gleiberman
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Entertainment Weekly
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There's something a mite pathetic about our culture still clinging to 007, but it's hard to deny that this is one of the most entertaining entries in the Bond cycle.

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10/13/08
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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Richard Kiel, you are missed.

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10/13/08
Richard Schickel
Richard Schickel
TIME Magazine
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Among the better of the 17 Bonds and, perhaps more important for today's audience, a dynamic action entry in its own right, this first 007 adventure in six years breathes fresh creative and commercial life into the 33-year-old series.

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10/02/08
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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Suffers the blahs.

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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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Supercharged with spectacular, thundering, brain-numbing fun.

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06/18/02
Peter Stack
Peter Stack
San Francisco Chronicle
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A reasonable facsimile more than any kind of original, and it's hard not to feel a certain weariness while watching it unfold.

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02/13/01
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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Directed with top-dollar proficiency (and some real wit).

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Hal Hinson
Hal Hinson
Washington Post
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Perhaps the best entry in the series since The Spy Who Loved Me.

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James Berardinelli
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Watching the film, I got caught up in the special effects and the neat stunts, and I observed with a certain satisfaction Bond's belated entry into a more modern world.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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It's BS -- Babes and Stunts -- and that's where GoldenEye excels.

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Susan Wloszczyna
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