Sophie Marceau: "I used my body to seduce the guards. Got gun and control them. How about you? The first time I met you. I knew we would come to this."
James Bond, the world's greatest secret agent, is sent once more into the breach in the name of Queen, Country, and a dry martini. In the 19th Bond adventure, 007 (Pierce Brosnan) must resolve a potentially deadly power struggle between two unstable nations, with control of the world's oil supply as the ultimate prize. Bond is assigned as bodyguard to Elektra King (Sophie Marceau), the daughter of a petroleum magnate who was brutally murdered, and is trying to foil the fiendish plot of Renard (Robert Carlyle), a villain who was shot in the head with an unusual result: he cannot feel physical pain, an apparent failing that proves to be a considerable asset. Denise Richards appears as Dr. Christmas Jones, an expert on nuclear weapons, alongside Desmond Llewelyn as Q, Judi Dench as M, Samantha Bond as Miss Moneypenny, and John Cleese as R. Alternative rock band Garbage performs the theme song.
I have really grown to like this Bond film. It’s arguably the second best film during the Brosnan era, in my view. Dare I say that Sophie Marceau is one of the greatest Bond girls of the franchise, as well? Yes, I do. I’m just wondering... is that intro story sequence the longest of any movie in this franchise? It seems to just go on and on. It’s not bad. I just think it might be a little too long.