Goldeneye (1995)

Plot Summary:
Pierce Brosnan assumed the role of James Bond for the first time in this 17th entry in the series. Brosnan looks a little light on the big screen under any circumstances, and he does take some getting used to as 007. But this busy film keeps him hopping as freelance terrorists from the former Soviet Union get their hands on super-high-tech weapons. The film's challenge is to bring free-spirited Bond up to date in the age of AIDS and in the aftermath of the cold war, and on both counts director Martin Campbell (The Mask of Zorro) succeeds with a cheeky hint of irony. The best moment in the film is a chase scene that finds Bond tearing up the streets of Moscow in a tank. But Brosnan's most interesting contributions are reminiscent of the dark streak that occasionally showed up in Sean Connery's Bond. The DVD release has optional full-screen and widescreen presentations, optional French and Spanish soundtracks, theatrical trailer, Dolby sound.

Cast overview:

Pierce Brosnan ....... James Bond
Sean Bean ............ Alec Trevelyan
Izabella Scorupco .... Natalya Simonova
Famke Janssen ........ Xenia Onatopp
Joe Don Baker ........ Jack Wade
Judi Dench ........... M
Robbie Coltrane ...... Valentin Zukovsky
Tchéky Karyo ......... Defense Minister Dimitri Mishkin
Gottfried John ....... Colonel/General Akardy Ourumov
Alan Cumming ......... Boris Grishenko
Desmond Llewelyn ..... Q
Samantha Bond (I) .... Miss Moneypenny
Michael Kitchen ...... Bill Tanner
Serena Gordon ........ Caroline
Simon Kunz ........... Severnaya Duty Officer