Die Another Day
The Players: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Michael Madsen, Toby Stephens, Rosamund Pike, Rick Yune, Judi Dench, John Cleese, Madonna (title song, cameo); directed by Lee Tamahori (The Edge).
The Skinny: Quite simply, Bond, James Bond: Ian Fleming‘s tuxedo-clad superspy returns in his 20th screen outing, hopping continents to exotic locales (London, Hong Kong, Cuba, Iceland and both North and South Korea among them) while licensed to kill bad guys and thrill spy girls.
The Bottom Line: It may be the 40th anniversary of the character’s screen adventures, but its not your grandfather’s Bond. Oscar-winner Berry is the highest-profile–and hottest–Bond babe in decades, and though her character’s named Jinx she may be the film’s lucky charm. Director Lee Tamahori has claimed he filmed Berry and Pierce Brosnan in an explicit tryst that, if it makes the final cut, may leave audiences shaken AND stirred.
Opens: Nov. 22
