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Die Another Day

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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.

Runtime: 2 hrs 12 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

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... 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 secret agent is eventually liberated, he embarks on a dangerous mission to Cuba that involves tracking a terrorist named Zao (Rick Yune). There, 007 encounters Jinx (Halle Berry), a formidable and alluring fellow spy. Soon Bond is back in England following a mysterious trail that leads to Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens), a flamboyant diamond mogul. After a rather bloody introduction, Graves invites 007 to Iceland, where he plans to unveil his enigmatic Icarus project. Before long, Bond and Jinx are reunited and battling Graves, Zao, and other villains bent on world domination. With this Bond installment, directed by Lee Tamahori, 007 catches up with the 21st century, and the results are grittier and more explosive than ever before. Although it begins as one of the darkest and most violent Bond films, the intense mood of DIE ANOTHER DAY is counterbalanced by typically clever and funny moments. Brosnan is in fine form as the iconic hero, while Berry shines as the immediately likeable Jinx. Stephens and Yune make excellent bad guys, and the rest of the cast--including Judi Dench, John Cleese, Rosamund Pike, and Michael Madsen--provide key supporting roles. With its hi-tech gadgets and special-effects-laden set pieces, DIE ANOTHER DAY clearly has its eye on the future, but in numerous scenes it also lovingly embraces the past, placing the film in the upper tier of Bond movies. [More]

Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, Rosamund Pike

Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, Rosamund Pike, Rick Yune, Judi Dench, John Cleese, Michael Madsen, Will Yun Lee, Samantha Bond

Director: Lee Tamahori

Director: Lee Tamahori
Screenwriter: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade
Producer: Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli
Composer: David Arnold
Studio: MGM/UA

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I've been dining out on this story for years, and the meals seem to be getting poorer.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
10/13/08
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

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.

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01/26/06
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Not quite the birthday party we were expecting, but it's a diverting enough spectacle.

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12/23/02
Ian Nathan
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Empire Magazine
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Full Review Source: Scotsman | comment Comment
11/26/02
Alastair McKay
Alastair McKay
Scotsman

It plays around and still delivers the goods.

Full Review Source: UK Critic | comment Comment
11/26/02
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
UK Critic

Die Another Day delivers pretty much everything you could comfortably expect from a Bond movie.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
11/23/02
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

An attractive cast, great gadgets, good stunts, bad puns and a plot that is comprehensible (if predictably ludicrous) make this the best Bond in more than a decade.

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11/19/02
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It's as if Austin Powers never happened.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
11/19/02
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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Agent 007 is back in his 20th film adventure, and things are darker and more serious now.

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11/14/02
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Sexy, funny and spectacular, Bond's first mission of the new millennium is one of the best of the series.

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11/11/02
Nev Pierce
Nev Pierce
BBC
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The problem for me is that the story is so entirely at the service of the special effects.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
10/13/08
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader

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.

Full Review Source: IGN Movies | comment Comment
07/02/08
Todd Gilchrist
Todd Gilchrist
IGN Movies

good last outing for brosnan

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02/12/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

Die Another Day is both skillful and playful, and that's about as high a compliment as I can give a 007 film.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/30/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

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.

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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

One of the sturdier and darker of James Bond films.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

One thing remains the same -- the vital fun that a Bond movie brings.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Film Threat

Brosnan's best mission as Bond yet, and the most satisfying installment of the franchise in recent memory.

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12/06/05
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

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.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Rick Kisonak
Rick Kisonak
Film Threat

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.

Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | comment Comment
09/30/05
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
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