GoldenEye (1995)

"There is no substitute."

Directed by Martin Campbell
Produced by Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli
Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine, Bruce Feirstein
Story by Michael France
Based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, Joe Don Baker, Judi Dench
Music by Éric Serra, Bono and The Edge
Cinematography: Phil Méheux
Edited by Terry Rawlings
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 24 November 1995 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 130 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $58 million
Box office: $352,194,034

"GoldenEye" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Martin Campbell and written by Jeffrey Caine, Bruce Feirstein, based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming. It's the seventeenth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who teams up with the lone survivor of a destroyed Russian research center to stop the hijacking of a nuclear space weapon by a fellow agent formerly believed to be dead.

Cast

• Pierce Brosnan as James Bond
• Sean Bean as Alec Trevelyan
• Izabella Scorupco as Natalya Simonova
• Famke Janssen as Xenia Onatopp
• Joe Don Baker as Jack Wade
• Judi Dench as M
• Gottfried John as General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov
• Robbie Coltrane as Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky
• Alan Cumming as Boris Grishenko
• Tchéky Karyo as Russian Defence Minister Dmitri Mishkin
• Desmond Llewelyn as Q
• Samantha Bond as Miss Moneypenny
• Minnie Driver as Irina
• Serena Gordon as Caroline

Pierce Brosnan is one of the best Bonds, in my opinion: charismatic and attractive - what else 007 must have? 

Advantages

• Pierce Brosnan as James Bond
• Sean Bean as Alec Trevelyan
• Judi Dench as M

Disadvantages

• Too pretentious
• Opening credits
• The image of Russia

Strangenesses

• Seems like James Bond is absolutely immortal

Clue Moments

• An illicit Soviet chemical weapons facility in Arkhangelsk
• Monte Carlo 
• The Nazi forces
• The helicopter

Soundtracks

1. Tina Turner - Goldeneye
2. Eric Serra - The Goldeneye Overture
3. Eric Serra - Ladies First
4. Eric Serra - We Share The Same Passions
5. Eric Serra - A Little Surprise For You
6. Eric Serra - The Severnaya Suite
7. Eric Serra - Our Lady Of Smolensk
8. Eric Serra - Whispering Statues
9. Eric Serra - Run, Shoot, And Jump
10. Eric Serra - A Pleasant Drive In St. Petersburg
11. Eric Serra - Fatal Weakness
12. Eric Serra - That's What Keeps You Alone
13. Eric Serra - Dish Out Of Water
14. Eric Serra - The Scale To Hell
15. Eric Serra - For Ever, James
16. Eric Serra - The Experience Of Love

Quotations

* * *

Alec Trevelyan: See you in hell, James.

* * *

James Bond: Vodka martini - shaken, not stirred.

* * *

Xenia Onatopp: Enjoy it while it lasts.
James Bond: The very words I live by.

* * *

James Bond: Well, I must say, I've had a lovely evening. You?
Xenia Onatopp: Once again the pleasure was all yours.

* * *

James Bond: In London, April's a spring month.
Jack Wade: Oh yeah? And what are you, the weatherman? I mean, for crying out loud... another stiff-ass Brit, with your secret codes and your passwords. One of these days you guys are gonna learn just to drop it.

* * *

James Bond: Governments change. The lies stay the same.

* * *

Jack Wade: Say Bond, do you do any gardening?

* * *

You may see the trailer here.

Plot: 7/10

Entertainment: 7/10

Acting: 7/10

Originality: 6/10

Music and Sound: 6/10

7/10

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