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Goldeneye

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Goldeneye (1995)

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Reviews Counted: 39

Fresh: 31

Rotten:8

Average Rating: 6.8/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 18 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Directed by Martin Campbell, GOLDENEYE makes the transition to a more modern image for the James Bond series. Bond's out-of-date womanizing is presented with a feminist challenge from the newly cast Judi Dench as an impenetrable M, and... Directed by Martin Campbell, GOLDENEYE makes the transition to a more modern image for the James Bond series. Bond's out-of-date womanizing is presented with a feminist challenge from the newly cast Judi Dench as an impenetrable M, and Samantha Bond as a wiser and more forthright Moneypenny. The action sequences, replete with helicopter hijinks and copious explosions, are complex and stylish, making the film a polished sensation. This installment in the series introduces actor Pierce Brosnan in the role of suave, debonair, irresistible 007. Despite the end of the Cold War, James Bond still finds himself pitted against nefarious Russians who want to rule the world. This time around, his enemies are a gang of mobsters and former military men who have gained access to the Goldeneye, which can cut off electrical currents in London. Alec Trevelyan (Sean Bean) is the leader, with General Ourumov (Gottfried John) an additional threat. Sizzling Bond babe Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen) is the sleek robber who, with Ourumov, successfully steals the Goldeneye, which the villains plan to use in their quest to control financial markets around the globe. However, this grizzly group of scoundrels is no match for Bond, who constantly outwits their attempts to assassinate him. Bond rescues the tough and lovely Natalya Simonova (Izabella Scorupco), who was caught in Trevalyan's deadly web, and she eventually helps Bond turn the tables on his foes as he uses his quick instincts, innovative weapons, and cool gadgetry to save the day. [More]

Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Famke Janssen, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco

Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Famke Janssen, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Gottfried John, Judi Dench, Samantha Bond, Joe Don Baker, Robbie Coltrane, Tcheky Karyo, Alan Cumming, Desmond Llewelyn, Michael Kitchen, Minnie Driver

Director: Martin Campbell

Director: Martin Campbell
Screenwriter: Jeffrey Caine, Bruce Feirstein
Story: Michael France
Producer: Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson
Composer: Eric Serra

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Feb 6, 2007

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DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
  • DTS (unspecified) - English
  • Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional

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I don't know whether the Bond series has a future, but if Xenia Onatopp ever returns to try for world domination, he may finally get a battle worth fighting.

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10/13/08
Owen Gleiberman
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There's something a mite pathetic about our culture still clinging to 007, but it's hard to deny that this is one of the most entertaining entries in the Bond cycle.

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10/13/08
Jonathan Rosenbaum
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Brosnan is a stylish 007, the action is fast and the overall result hugely entertaining.

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10/13/08
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This is the best bond movie since On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

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10/13/08
Kim Newman
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Richard Kiel, you are missed.

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10/13/08
Richard Schickel
TIME Magazine
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Lean, dark and graceful, Brosnan wraps his perfectly calculated accent around all the standard phrases without making us hear quotation marks.

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10/13/08
Maitland McDonagh
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Among the better of the 17 Bonds and, perhaps more important for today's audience, a dynamic action entry in its own right, this first 007 adventure in six years breathes fresh creative and commercial life into the 33-year-old series.

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10/02/08
Todd McCarthy
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Fast and light.

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02/14/08
Rob Gonsalves
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Pierce is fantastic

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02/10/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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...a solid, sporadically electrifying entry in this ongoing series.

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11/25/06
David Nusair
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It's only slightly better than the movies of the last fifteen years or so, but that alone makes it worth seeing. License to Kill was so absolutely horrid, that I'm relieved to see an upswing.

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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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Director Campbell keeps matters bowling along and even manages to recapture something of the look of the earlier films.

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02/09/06
Time Out
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The entry that salvages the franchise.

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10/27/05
Bill Clark
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Execs at MGM/UA can rest easy: the Bond franchise has been successfully salvaged.

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Michael Dequina
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06/12/03
Josh Gilchrist
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Suffers the blahs.

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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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Instead of continuing as a comedy of thrills, Goldeneye rapidly disintegrates into an endless series of gratuitous explosions and suspense-free motor vehicle chases, each one louder and less interesting than its predecessor.

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05/20/03
Leonard Schwarz
Palo Alto Weekly
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Pierce Brosnan turns in a fine performance, establishing himself as a fine heir to the Bond throne. The plotting isn't as solid as in the best Bond films, but this is still a good time.

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01/30/03
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01/05/03
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