#Goldeneye 007 watch series#

err, the baddie.The GoldenEye story comes to life once again with an updated single player storyline featuring Daniel Craig as James Bond. It also has Michelle Yeoh as a great Bond girl who wouldn't just be a romantic interest either and perennial baddie actor Jonathon Pryce as.

Not So Great For: fans of the Bond books, younger viewers used to CG stunts, computer programmers What else should I watch?Д«rosnan's next film as 007 would be Tomorrow Never Dies which would redress the balance a little bit between explosive action and genuine spying. Great For: people glad to see Bond back, erasing the memory of Roger Moore's time as 007, action fans, video game veterans Compared to the likes of Daniel Craig's all-action tenure, it does look a little old-school but the film is a great action thriller in its own right and an acceptable Bond film.

GoldenEye is a slick and enjoyable blast through the familiar Bond routine but with enough spit and polish to cover up the cracks. It would never compete with the best Bonds but it's enough of a return to form to suggest that Brosnan might have been the man to make Bond relevant again. He is still an English version of The Terminator and it robs the film of any real tension.ДЇamke Janssen's Xenia is memorable but not for the right reasons.

Since when did Bond ever resort to such mindless violence? As a spy supposedly trying to avoid detection, he couldn't have been more obvious if he wore a hi-visibility jacket and wore a one-man band's orchestra. While Brosnan's Bond is certainly well-suited to the action scenes, a tiny part of me died when he picked up an AK47 and started gunning down random baddies in a fevered bloodlust. There are enough of the old problems to persist, however.

Long-time model expert Derek Meddings, who worked extensively on the film, died shortly before its release.

The stuntman who did it later has a cameo as one of the two murdered helicopter pilots.

The film features the highest bungee jump from a structure in cinema history - some 722 feet down the side of the dam in the opening scene.

The Man With The Golden Gun, by contrast, only had a total of six kills throughout the entire picture.

Bond kills a total of 47 people in the movie, making this his bloodiest mission ever.

The temptation to do everything in a CG fashion is avoided, meaning that Derek Medding's brilliant model work is a fitting tribute to the man who wouldn't live to see it on the big screen. And best of all, the action is top-notch - from the amazing bungee jump at the very start to the explosive finale in Cuba (yep, a proper exotic location), the film really delivers on the action front. Bean's gravel-voiced villain is one of the better opponents Bond he has faced for a while and he even has an underground lair. One Bond girl has a silly name, as they should. Desmond Llewelyn was hanging in there as Q dispensing the gadgets (and he has a genuinely brilliant scene with Brosnan as well). However, there is enough there for traditionalist to enjoy as well. No getting lost and confused like we were with Dalton's films. The story was wise to follow current events, the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War being constantly referenced - and best of all, it's easy to follow as well. The new cast are enthusiastic without falling into self-parody, Dench's M being a fantastic cross between cruel schoolmistress and Mother Hen-type. Funky electronica replaces the traditional orchestra (although it returned for Tomorrow Never Dies). And sure enough, everything and the kitchen sink is thrown into the mix.

#Goldeneye 007 watch series#

It was crucial that this film feels new, otherwise the Bond series would be dead in the water.

Sean Bean (left) and Pierce Brosnan in 'GoldenEye' What's to like?