Has the longest-running franchise in film history finally run its course, done in by changing politics, sexual mores and audience tastes? In a word, no. GOLDENEYE, starring Pierce Brosnan as Bond No. 5, should appeal equally to die-hard Bond
fans and bonded DIE HARD fans.
Lean, dark and graceful, Brosnan wraps his perfectly calculated accent around all the standard phrases without making us hear quotation marks. He's a worthy Bond, glib and convincingly athletic, and ought to last a good half-dozen films before his waist thickens and his solid good looks begin to
slide. And although GOLDENEYE is the first Bond film that owes nothing to Ian Fleming but 007 himse...
Released:
1995
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
130 mins