Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Roger Spottiswoode

Writer (WGA):

Bruce Feirstein (written by)

Release Date:

19 December 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

Meet New James Bond [Japanese Theatrical]

Plot:

James Bond heads to stop a media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage.

Plot Keywords:

Media | James Bond | British | China | Missile

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 6 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Pierce Brosnan	...	James Bond
Jonathan Pryce	...	Elliot Carver
Michelle Yeoh	...	Wai Lin
Teri Hatcher	...	Paris Carver
Ricky Jay	...	Henry Gupta
Götz Otto	...	Stamper
Joe Don Baker	...	Jack Wade
Vincent Schiavelli	...	Dr. Kaufman
Judi Dench	...	M
Desmond Llewelyn	...	Q
Samantha Bond	...	Miss Moneypenny
Colin Salmon	...	Charles Robinson
Geoffrey Palmer	...	Admiral Roebuck
Julian Fellowes	...	Minister of Defence
Terence Rigby	...	General Bukharin

Also Known As:

Aquator (UK) (working title)
Avatar (UK) (working title)
Bond 18 (UK) (working title)
Bond XVIII (UK) (working title)
Shamelady (UK) (working title)
Shatterhand (UK) (working title)
TND (International: English title) (promotional abbreviation)
Tomorrow Never Lies (UK) (working title)
Zero Windchill (UK) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence, sexuality and innuendo.

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | German | Danish | Mandarin | Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS 70 mm (70 mm prints) | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | UK:15 (video re-rating) (2006) (uncut) | Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:PG | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Germany:16 | Ireland:12 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 (cut) | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Brazil:14

Filming Locations:

Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Danjaq

Trivia:

Michelle Yeoh, who did most of her own stunts, asked her fellow motorbike stuntman to drive faster in the helicopter chase scene as it would make her hair fly out behind her, adding to the effect of speed.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Assuming it works the way that Q describes it, the method that Bond steers the car with the cell phone never quite seems to match up with the direction the car actually moves in. There are even a couple of scenes where it appears Bond is not even paying attention to the car or the cell phone, and it steers perfectly.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Charles Robinson: Our man's in position on the center camera. It's like a terrorist supermarket. Chinese Long March Scud, Panther AS-565 attack helicopter, a pair of Russian mortars, and the crates look like American rifles. Chilean mines. German explosives. Fun for the whole family.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1998) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Backseat Driver

James Bond-Still saving the world after all these years

'Tomorrow Never Dies' is a superb Bond film, and if you're not looking for anything else, it provides some great entertainment.

The story: Bond (Pierce Brosnan) has the save the world from a megalomaniac again, but this time, the threat is Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce, clearly having the time of his life), a worldwide media baron who wants to start a war in order to get higher ratings. All the Bond regulars are here: Q (Desmond Llewelyn), who gives Bond a new BMW complete with rocket launchers, machine guns, and a remote control (there's a fun chase sequence in a high-rise garage where Bond sits in the backseat and drives the car by remote); M (Judi Dench), still frosty and unamused with some of Bond's... questionable tactics; and Miss Moneypenny, who gets one of the best lines in the film.

The Bond girl this time around is Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh), a Chinese agent who has also been sent to find out what Carver's up to. Lin and Bond team up in the last part of the film, and their chemistry is impeccable. Lin also gets to kick some butt, which is always fun to see.

Overall, if you're looking for some good IL' action and adventure, you can't go wrong with James Bond. 10/10