More Bondlike than any other Bond film, 28 Dec 2005

By	Mr. Jd Ware "wolvie-ware" (London) - See all my reviews

It helps having Pierce Brosnan in the role, a fresh face in an old part. His seriousness, coupled with cheeky humour plays dividends for the film and makes the character more human than ever before. He realistically plays Bond, never once going into caricature, and brings the "misogynist, cold war relic," into the Nineties.

And for once, Goldeneye has a decent plot. MI6 agent, 006 (played brilliantly by Sean Bean) goes rogue, and aims to become rich with the Goldeneye EMP satellite. It's up to Bond to stop him. The film is paired into two distinct halves - an interesting, plot setting up first half, and an action blow out second half.

The whole film is memorable, but most spectacularly, are the incredible dam jump opening, the street destroying tank chase, and the ending show down.

Gadgets, vehicles and girls are all correct and present. It may follow the Bond formula strictly, but that is a good thing - you know what to expect, and can just sit back and enjoy.

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BOND IS BACK AND BETTER THAN THE EIGHTIES!, 5 Aug 2004

"Goldeneye" is a classic Bond and probably one of the best. It started a new era of Bond films, re-emerging after a 6 year gap. In the new style, Brosnan takes on the suave role of James Bond. Dame Judi Dench is introduced as the first female 'M' and Samantha Bond (fitting surname) is the new Moneypenny, a little less like the traditional damsel in distress. Bond is struggling to cope after the death of 006 (Sean Bean) and the changes at the top! So he is keen to gain revenge on General Ourumov (006's executioner) when he steals a key Russian missile. However his employer Janus has a big secret that will make Bond think again about his friendships! As Goldeneye is set to fire on London, only Bond and his Bond girl Natalya Simonova can prevent Janus from carrying out his evil revenge plan!

NOTE: Felix Lighter was half-eaten in "Licence to Kill" so the new CIA Agent is Jack Wade (Joe Don Baker)

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