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Ranking James Bond Films: #21 – “The World Is Not Enough” (1999)
I’m terribly sorry, but Denise Richards drains the swamp with her role in The World Is Not Enough.
“James Bond and the Japanese Secret Service must find and stop the true culprit of a series of space hijackings, before war is provoked between Russia and the United States.”
Director: Michael Apted
Writers: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Bruce Feirstein, Ian Fleming
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle, Denise Richards, Robbie Coltrane, Judi Dench, Desmond Llewelyn, John Cleese
Release Date: November 19, 1999
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Everything with Dr. Christmas Jones is terrible. I’m terribly sorry, but Denise Richards drains the swamp with her role in The World Is Not Enough. She arrives about halfway through the movie and mentions she’s a doctor and knows science no less than 1000 times.
The other woman in this story is Elektra, and to be fair, Sophie Marceau does well in the part. She doesn’t seem out of place in the story, and the over-the-topness of her deliveries is matched with her demeanor. The Stockholm syndrome with Renard is both insane and makes a bit of sense. The character of Renard is insane in his own right….the dude can’t feel pain.
The World Is Not Enough also commits a rather major sin and makes M, played by the great Dame Judi Dench, seem like an absolute idiot. We have a villain who wants vengeance on the queen of Britain’s spy agency…a storyline that will be perfected a few years later.
The one thing that The World Is Not Enough does right is send off Desmond Llewelyn as Q. The man who appeared in more Bond movies than anyone gets some final quips in and successfully hands it off to John Cleese. It was never bad to see Llewelyn pop up in the story, even if it was formulaic.
STANKO RATING: D+
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