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Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

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Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 63
Fresh: 36 | Rotten: 27

A competent, if sometimes by-the-numbers entry to the 007 franchise, Tomorrow Never Dies may not boast the most original plot but its action sequences are genuinely thrilling.

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Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 15
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 9

A competent, if sometimes by-the-numbers entry to the 007 franchise, Tomorrow Never Dies may not boast the most original plot but its action sequences are genuinely thrilling.

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Roger Spottiswoode (Air America) directed this film, the 18th chapter in the 35-year-old James Bond series (excluding Casino Royale and Never Say Never Again). James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) learns billionaire media mogul Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce) is manipulating world events via an exclusive flow of information through his satellite system reaching all corners of the planet. With a stealth battleship sinking a British naval vessel, Carver sees that the Chinese are blamed. Crashing Carver's

May 6, 1998

MGM Home Entertainment

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All Critics (63) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (37) | Rotten (28) | DVD (20)

If Connery was Sexy Bond and George Lazenby was One-Shot Bond and Roger Moore was Geezer Bond and Timothy Dalton was Bored Bond, then Brosnan should be Posh Bond.

October 24, 2012 Full Review Source: Rolling Stone
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Bond is just a glorified stuntman now; he's lost his license to thrill.

September 7, 2011 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly
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The 18th James Bond movie features the usual saturation bombardment.

November 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader
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A solid but somewhat by-the-numbers entry in the James Bond cycle.

July 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety
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Flawed, but fantastic fun all the same.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
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Brosnan is fast becoming the second best 007 -- effortlessly competent and coolly sexy.

June 18, 2002 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle
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Top notch popcorn entertainment, straight from the Hollywood factory. This is even better than GOLDENEYE.

November 3, 2012 Full Review Source: Film Geek Central
Film Geek Central

It succeeds, although it is let down by its weak villain. But there are enough stunts, quips and high-tech thrills to keep you from caring.

October 24, 2012 Full Review Source: Total Film
Total Film

A thrill machine akin to one of the canon's more cleverly naughty entendres, uttered here: "You always were a cunning linguist, James." Obvious and crass to please everyone's inner schoolboy, but presented with just enough eloquence and ingenuity.

October 14, 2012 Full Review Source: Suite101.com
Suite101.com

Not, in aggregate, the worst of the Pierce Brosnan Bond films, but... it has the weakest excuse for a conflict.

October 7, 2012 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy
Antagony & Ecstasy

Bond, James Bond. For mature eyes only.

January 2, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

One watches a Bond film for two hours of spy intrigue, car chases, fights, explosions, and beautiful women, and on that fairly undemanding level, it delivers the goods.

March 29, 2009 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com
TheMovieReport.com

...a briskly-paced and thoroughly entertaining James Bond adventure...

October 26, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews
Reel Film Reviews

The major episodes are, as always, well-executed.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Philadelphia City Paper
Philadelphia City Paper

Kinetic, knowing, crammed with high-tech gadgetry and sophisticated in the most superficial sense of the term: What else could you ask of a James Bond picture?

October 15, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Efficient action, gleaming product placement and, in Michelle Yeoh, a convincing foil for Bond.

October 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4
Film4

The film seldom reaches the pitch of Goldfinger, but it does stay on tune, thanks to performers who know how to belt out an old favorite.

July 16, 2008 Full Review Source: ESplatter
ESplatter

a great follow up to goldeneye

February 12, 2008

The winsome pic gives the people what they want. At least, what they want from the Bond franchise.

July 21, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews
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Even the evil henchman is badly picked: Ricky Jay is a lovable magician, not a hard-nosed killer.

February 25, 2007 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com
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Audience Reviews for Tomorrow Never Dies

Tomorrow Never Dies is a step down from Goldeneye and feels like a return to the Roger Moore era of the franchise. It lacks personality and brings back the cheesy one-liners that plagued the series during that time while simultaneously feeling more like a generic action flick than a Bond film. It's technically well made, like Bond always is, but doesn't entertain for its whole running length, despite being the first Bond film in forever to clock in at less than two hours. I didn't like Brosnan as much here as I did in Goldeneye, while Johnathon Price's Carver is about as generic of a Bond villain as you can get. The plot just fails to muster any excitement. Michelle Yeoh made her Hollywood debut and does a solid job as a sort-of buddy agent who helps Bond. Teri Hatcher looks nice, but is unmemorable and only in the film for a short time. Even Q is only in the film for like a minute. There are some solid action sequences in this film that keep it from being bottom of the barrel in the series history and it might entertain you for a while, but it's not in any way memorable. Thankfully The World is Not Enough would kick some energy back into the franchise next.
December 15, 2007
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I grew up with Pierce Brosnan as Bond, so his Bond will always be one I look back on fondly. Is he my favorite? No, but rewatching this, I think he is right in the middle of the pack. This is a very standard Bond movie. Exotic locales, beautiful women, and he must thwart an evil man's plan of global domination. The movie is very 90's, much like the other Bond movies are easily dated. Jonathan Pryce does an ok job as the villain, but nothing really makes him stand out and stay memorable as other villains. Even mediocre Bond movies are better than most action movies.
January 18, 2013
Everett Johnson

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    1. James Bond: Let's take the highway.
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    1. Elliot Carver: The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
    – Submitted by Dann M (6 months ago)

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