| Tomorrow Never Dies [Region 2] |  | Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Ricky Jay
Category: DVD
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Rating:  269 reviews
Format: NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
EAN: 5050070000252
ASIN: B00004CX4U
Theatrical Release Date: December 19, 1997
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Pierce Brosnan returns for his second stint as James Bond (after GoldenEye), and he's doing it in high style with an invigorating cast of costars. It's only appropriate that a Bond film from 1997 would find Agent 007 pitted against a media mogul (Jonathan Pryce) who's going to start a global war (beginning with stolen nuclear missiles aimed at China) to create attention-grabbing headlines for his latest multimedia news channel. It's the information age run amok, and Bond must team up with a lovely and lethal agent from the Chinese External Security Force (played by Honk Kong action star Michelle Yeoh) to foil the madman's plot of global domination. Luckily for Bond, the villain's wife (Teri Hatcher) is one of his former lovers, and at the behest of his superior M (Judi Dench), 007 finds ample opportunity to exploit the connection. Although it bears some nagging similarities to many formulaic action films from the '90s, Tomorrow Never Dies (with a title song performed by Sheryl Crow) boasts enough grand-scale action and sufficiently intelligent plotting to suggest the Bond series has plenty of potential to survive into the next millennium. Armed with the usual array of gadgets (including a remote-controlled BMW), Brosnan settles into his role with acceptable flair, and the dynamic Yeoh provides a perfect balance to the sexism that once threatened to turn Bond into a politically incorrect anachronism. He's still Bond, to be sure, but he's saving the world with a bit more sophisticated finesse. In addition to theatrical trailers, this special edition DVD comes with a feature-length audio commentary by director Roger Spottiswoode, more commentary by stunt director Vic Armstrong and producer Michael G. Wilson, a storyboard overlay that compares action-sequence concepts with final footage, a 45-minute "Secrets of 007" featurette covering the evolution of the Bond character, and an isolated music-only track with an interview of composer David Arnold. Bond would be proud.--Jeff Shannon
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One of the Best Bond Movies September 13, 2009
Christopher Gleason
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Tomorrow Never Dies is one of the best Bond movies. Though I've enjoyed the later Bond movies starring Daniel Craig, I still think Pierce Brosnan was the better Bond, James Bond. Craig never seems like he's having any fun. Brosnan has the ability to show Bond enjoying himself, while still bringing a more realistic performance to a very non-realistic film genre. When Bond crashes down onto the Millennium Dome, Brosnan makes you feel Bond's pain (even if it is much less pain than a normal person would feel.) Bond teams up with Michelle Yeoh, as a Chinese secret agent, and provides an equal match for our hero. I would have loved to have seen more with that team. Jonathan Pryce is also entertaining as the main villain. His secret power is the ability to type with one hand. That's one ability I'd like to have!
 Brosnan Excels as Hard-Edged 007 August 31, 2009
Scott Rivers (Los Angeles, CA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A flat pre-credit sequence and by-the-numbers climax prevent "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997) from matching the overall excellence of "GoldenEye." What remains is mostly splendid - with Pierce Brosnan as an elegant yet refreshingly hard-edged James Bond. Jonathan Pryce's multimedia villainy and Michelle Yeoh's energetic presence help tremendously. However, the 007 producers made a big mistake replacing k.d. lang's dynamic theme song with Sheryl Crow's weak "official" version in the opening credits.
 Brosnan's best at 007! June 7, 2009
PATRICK J.POWERS (Duncombe,IA)
What more can I say but I liked the chase scene with the helicopter and the motorcycle through the crowded city streets! Brosnan did a superb job in this James Bond episode plus Jonathan (Miss Saigon) Pryce as the man who wants to start World War III. Good story line throughout the picture!
Ein gut film May 2, 2009
S. Nicholas (Virginia)
The first time I watched Tomorrow Never Dies I didn't care for it much. It seemed very "slapped together" and not well thought out. That opinion changed dramatically the second time around, due in part because I hadn't yet seen the first 15 minutes or so.
I'll be effectively brief: Brosnan's four takes at Bond began on a high note and then declined, with TWINE and DAD coming in tied at third. Regardless of Bond's six year cinematic absence, GoldenEye was superb. The acting, directing, and production all syncronized beautifully and delivered a quality product. Tomorrow Never Dies picked up where GoldenEye left off very capably with a flavor all it's own. TWINE and DAD have their good points, but just fall short of the two preceeding films.
Several highlights include a scene with Bond's former flame, Paris. I thought it was a nice touch that added another dimension to an otherwise action-packed movie. The locations are also protrayed and mixed well, featuring parts of Southeastern Asia and a depiction of Germany that was long overdo after the incredibly weak one given in Octopussy. Finally, Brosnan's follow-up performance is excellent. He emulates the hard-edged confidence of Connery, the witty humor of Moore, and the detatched brutality of Dalton: resulting in a unique protrayal matched by his distinctive face and voice.
classical Bond April 30, 2009
Furio (Genova - Italy)
This could possibly be a flagship in newer Bond films: action saturated more than packed, with the due amount of suspence and rhythm, with spectacular stunts and gadgets, beautiful women and two (plus a third minor one) bigger than life villains.
The plot is the usual, indifferent pretext: a media mogul, duly crazed, wants absolute power and is efficiently portrayed by a Jonathan Pryce who seems to be having tons of fun.
The comparative novelty is that the enemy power is not Russia but China, but this is little change: the only consequence of import is that one of the two female leads is beautiful -and quite athletic- Michelle Yeoh who, for once, is nearly as deadly as Bond himself in the role of a Chinese secret service colonel. She makes the most of her role (not well served by a superficial script) and is beautiful to look at: no one could legitimately ask for more.
The other female lead is the aristocratic beauty of Teri Hatcher, a former lover of 007. Hers is perhaps the only well rounded character: her love for Bond seems genuine and once in a while James seems to return her affection. She's a competent actress and the filming director makes the most not only of a flawless body but also of her sensitive face.
This not a masterpiece for sure, but fans will hardly find anything wrong in a film that begins with a breathtaking opening sequence and runs to its end without skipping a single beat.
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