ataraxy123 Reviews

Caught (1996)

Terrific acting, writing, and direction notch this above mosterotic thrillers

[8/10 · 14 March 2000]

This could have been your run of the mill erotic thriller with the tired plot of lonely couple takes in drifter, drifter has affair with woman, etc. However with superb acting by the entire cast, good writing and direction this goes beyond the genre. After Schub appears in the last part, the movie gets even better. Denoument comes fast and furious. I kept expecting it to lapse into cliches, but it never did. I do not understand the last scene with Alonso, but this is a must see sleeper.

The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Return to Form

[7/10 · 4 December 1999]

Third Brosnan Bond. Goldeneye was good Bond, TND was bad Bond, and TWINE is good Bond again. After starting off Brosnan's Bond career well with Goldeneye, the writer's made him too politically correct in TND. Now, with TWINE, they have returned Bond to his un-PC, un-feminist, chauvinistic, sauve, debonair self.

Sorry to see Q go, although I am a huge John Cleese fan and look forward to his next stint as R. Judi Dench is a good M. Sophie Marceau is an absolutely stunningly beautiful woman and a good actress as well. Robert Carlyle was the best Brosnan Bond villian yet. But although Denise Richards presents some awesome eye candy, can she really act? Fortunately they kept her role relatively small.

The gadget and action sequences were OK. The pre-credit boat chase was the best. Also liked the helicopter scene and the casino.

Best Brosnan, equal to Goldeneye, as well as the Connery Bonds and better than Dalton's, Lazenby's and Moore's.