Tomorrow Never Dies
With Goldeneye and its leading man succeeding with audiences, the future of James Bond was looking bright once more and audiences would only have to wait two years before Tomorrow Never Dies would release into cinemas back in 1997. Two years? How I wish the franchise kept that momentum... Just like its predecessor, TND is an entirely original story and follows Bond on a new adventure to investigate a powerful media tycoon who might have some involvement in the sinking of a British naval vessel in the South China Sea. Roger Spottiswoode takes the directing seat and provides plenty of action and gadgets in this explosive entry for just under two hours. It all runs along quite well and Brosnan is on fine form, with the same to be said for the returning cast and a perfectly over-the-top Jonathan Pryce as the maniacal villain but it lacks the edge of Goldeneye to really make an impact. Instead, it's a perfectly functional Bond film that delivers much of what audiences would expe...
