The World Is Not Enough
First screened in August 2020
Director: Michael Apted. Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Denise Richards, Robert Carlyle, Judi Dench, Robbie Coltrane, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Ulrich Thomsen, Serena Scott Thomas, Michael Kitchen, Samantha Bond, Desmond Llewelyn, John Cleese, John Seru, Goldie, David Calder, Colin Salmon, Jeff Nuttall. Screenplay: Neil Purvis & Robert Wade and Bruce Feirstein. Twitter Capsule:
Serviceable theme park, with a few zippy sequences, but expenditure is off-putting and lothario act stale.
VOR:②
At least it schematizes Bond's incipient breakdown. Aspirational with production and stunt work, but often feels overscaled. Feels pretty anonymous.