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"The World Is Not Enough" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 09/19/2012
James Bond investigates the murder of a wealthy industrialist within the very walls of MI6 by the ruthless terrorist who kidnapped and tortured his young daughter. The World Is Not Enough has plenty of qualities to admire; it attempts to re-inject a more cold and ruthless streak in the central character, echoing the early days of Sean Connery's tour and has an interesting plot of betrayal, subterfuge and revenge. Unfortunately the franchise is still suffering from the after effects of the financial failure of Timothy Dalton's attempt to make Bond a more believable character and so the producers clearly felt the need to include many unnecessary crowd pleasing set pieces and jokes that are rather at odds with the tone of the story. Pierce Brosnan's dialogue is more often quips and innuendo …
