WS The World is Not Enough
wk, Directed by Michael
Apted. Starring Pierce
Brosnan, Sophie Marceau,
Robert Callyle, Denise
Richards, Robbie Coltrare,
Judi Dench.

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- WHAT more can you

_ say ebout Bond movies?
Love ’em or hate ’em,
they’ve stood the test of
«The Werld Is Not Enougisis
the 19th Bond film and has
eathered the Cold War, fem-
inism and five leading men.
Bond purists will insist that
‘things haven’ t been the same
they using Ian |.
Fleming rnaterial but let’s be

honest: the film follows a, tried -

and true ‘formula 2 of chases

growing stronger every day.

. After the kidnapping of cool

and beautiful Elektra King
(Sophie Marceau), heiress to a

lucrative oil pipeline, he plans

to seize control of the pipeline
and sabotage the competition.
To do so, Renard orches-
trates the theft of plutonium
from under the nose of Dr.

"Christmas Jones (Denise

oeclb a tex

» Richards, of Wild Things

fame).

: This i is where the film
seems to split in wo. The first
half is packed with action: the

’ best chase and escape scenes

occur at the beginning, and

"don’t disappoint.

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A powerboat chase
through the Thames, across
dry land through a market-

lace and restaurant, then
Back into the Thames, ending
on a balloon above London’s
Millennium Dome; a bungee-
jump using nothing but a
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Spain’s new Guggenheim
Museum as backdrop; a
thrilling ski chase with para-
sailing villains on snowmo-
biles.

The second half, however, : ’
seems spent. Though an effort
has been made to create a
more intricate plot, the result
is an improbable and often

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confusing storyline. :

Let’s be honest: as with a all
Bond movies, the story is sec-
ondary. And as always, sexy
girls loom large, much to the
chagrin of feminists every-
where.

Only 607 can get away
with an exchange like this:
Sexy Bond Girl: “Would you
like to check my figures?” _

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: FRENCH film star Sophie Marceau joins Pierce Brosnan in the latest Band flick The World Is Net Enough.

James Bond: *No. I’m sure
they’re perfectly rounded.”
Unfortunately, as new

‘Bond squeeze. Dr. Christmas

Jones, Denise Richards’
skimpy wardrobe is her only
asset. A rocket scientist in a
crop top, she delivers her lines -
like an automaton. 7ice to
took at, but painful to listen

* £0. |

- tantly resi

* stay. the same.

ugh

Everyone else scores high-
er. Pierce Brosnan is the quin-
tessential James Bond. He
finally looks at ease in his third
Bond film and delivers those
kitschy double-entendres
without skipping a beat.
(However, the writers should
have known that not even
James Bond would utter the
film’s last line, which is a
groaner that taints the rest of
the film.)

Judi Dench is M, emanat-
ing that regal confidence she's
known for. She is given a larg-

‘ole this ime around, bur
it's as if hey wrote a beefier
part in as an afterthought to
justify her paycheque.

Robbie Coltrane is good,
although he gets his Scottish
and Russian accents mixed up
as Zukovsky, a lovable villain.
There is a comical appearance
by fohn Cleese as R; heir -
apparent te Q. Desmond . .
Llewelyn has played Q since
From Rasia With Love in. ~~
1963.

There have been a few»
chan es since the early days.

has evolved cmoticnally.
re is less detached than he.
used to be.

He’s not the only one. The
villains, too, have more ‘depth

| of feeling. Renard is more

pitcous than monstrous, reluc- °.
1¢d to his impend:
ing mo Atruc 96s vil-
lain: the days of Scaramangs,-

are gone.

- But ultimately, the mote
dings change, the more: they:
And the univer:
sal appeal of james Bond lives