The second golden era of Bond, ushered in by this flashy calling card for
Brosnan’s era-defining take on 007. Now officially deemed the best
Bond since Connery, this incendiary entry takes a leaf out of James
Cameron's True Lies and presents stupendous thrills dressed up in MTV
gloss. Brosnan is great, it's that simple. Bean is the turncoat, ex-00
badguy. Janssen and Scorupco are gorgeous as the girls, while Dench is
fabulous as M. The only minuses are a terrible electronic score from
Eric Serra (Luc Besson's regular) and a derivative ending that falls
short of the superlative opening dam bungee jump and freefall into a
plane. Bond, back with a bang.
