There were a lot of changes in the real world in 2001/2 and Pierce Brosnan’s swangsong as 007 reflects at least some of them

Elements of a fresh sort of direction for the franchise will persist throughout the movie’s runtime, but unfortunately they increasingly take a backseat as the movie wrestles with the basic tics of the series as a whole, and loses more than it wins.

Click here to read Greg D. Smith’s full analysis, and for our other essays in the series, click here.

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