GoldenEye

Name: GoldenEye
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Released: November 17, 1995
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Izabella Scorupco, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean

1995

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United Artists | Release Date: November 17, 1995 | PG-13

Starring: Izabella Scorupco, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean

Summary: This explosive, thrill-packed adventure pits James Bond against a vengeful adversary who controls an awesome space weapon capable of global destruction. (MGM)

Director: Martin Campbell

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Thriller

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 130 min

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Hal Hinson

And yet, Goldeneye proves the character's viability as a pop icon: It isn't a great movie, but it's great, preposterous fun. Read full review

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This is the best bond movie since "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". Read full review

Roger Ebert

This is the first Bond film that is self-aware, that has lost its innocence and the simplicity of its world view, and has some understanding of the absurdity and sadness of its hero. Read full review

Desson Thomson

New Bond man Brosnan can't be faulted for much. He's always been generically sexy, a sort of programmed cover boy. In this new venture, he's appropriately handsome, British-accented and suave. Read full review

Susan Wloszczyna

The musical score is a dud, and the film is one firebomb too long. But GoldenEye's vision is 20/20 when it comes to reviving a legend. [17Nov1995 Pg.01.D]

Owen Gleiberman

Still, just about everything in Goldeneye, from its rote nuclear-weapon-in-space plot to the recitation of lines that sound like they're being read off stone tablets (''Shaken, not stirred!''), has been served up with a thirdhand generic competence that's more wearying than it is exhilarating. Read full review

Richard Schickel

How well do Bond's established conventions survive after a third of a century's hard use, the post-cold war deglamourization of espionage and the arrival of yet another actor in the central role? The short answer is, on wobbly knees. Read full review

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DibbHansen

Jul 16, 2013

This is the BEST James Bond film ever made as it is full of style, amazing action pieces that really dazzle and entertain, Pierce Brosnan is an excellent Bond (wit, humor, action, style, brutality), Xenia Onatopp is the greatest creation of a villain and Bond girl (because her weapon isThis is the BEST James Bond film ever made as it is full of style, amazing action pieces that really dazzle and entertain, Pierce Brosnan is an excellent Bond (wit, humor, action, style, brutality), Xenia Onatopp is the greatest creation of a villain and Bond girl (because her weapon is Bond' worst nightmare), the villain is truly threatening and played very well by Sean Bean, the title song is awesome and classic Bond, the script for this film is VERY well written and witty, etc. Everything about this film screams classic Bond and it is by far the greatest spy film ever made and has yet to be topped. Amazing film.… Expand

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timone

Jun 25, 2017

This is the best awesome bond film ever. Pierce Brosnan is one of the best actors in the bond series. Goldeneye is one of my favourite films of all time.

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RussellW.

Apr 28, 2006

This was, and still is my favorite Bond movie as of yet. [***SPOILERS***] I still get chills seeing Bond take a tank through a solid wall, straight onto the streets, and chase the villain (with his girl) through the town. I can't say if my favoritism toward this movie is enhanced by my This was, and still is my favorite Bond movie as of yet. [***SPOILERS***] I still get chills seeing Bond take a tank through a solid wall, straight onto the streets, and chase the villain (with his girl) through the town. I can't say if my favoritism toward this movie is enhanced by my liking of the video game but nevertheless, I love this movie and love James Bond.… Expand

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jwt7000

Nov 20, 2012

One of the best Bond movies of all time, and not to mention that even a game of the same title is better than the movie. Great action, great excitement and some great stunts. Some of the characters in this movie are simply just the beginning of their new careers since they're interesting.

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marcmyworks

Feb 2, 2020

GoldenEye is the Bond movie of the 90s in that the script includes topics such as safe-sex, computer hacking, women in power and the end of the cold war. The overall feel of the movie hasn't aged as well as it could have, however its a fun ride.

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NBFC

Jan 9, 2018

aka. The only GOOD Bond film to star Pierce Brosnan

I will always have a soft spot for this particular entry because it is the first 007 film I ever saw and there is also the added nostalgia of the then revolutionary N64 video game. While the script is far from the greatest, the tightaka. The only GOOD Bond film to star Pierce Brosnan

I will always have a soft spot for this particular entry because it is the first 007 film I ever saw and there is also the added nostalgia of the then revolutionary N64 video game.

While the script is far from the greatest, the tight glossy direction provided by Martin Campell (Casino Royale, The Mask of Zorro) and abundance of great action sequences (Ex. Bond bungie-jumping off a dam, the tank chase) more than make up for it.

This particular entry also has arguably the best group of villains out of all the Bond films that includes the S&M-obssessed Xenia Onatopp (greatest…name….ever), the hilariously over-confident computer hacker Boris Grishenko and the always awesome “dies in almost every movie” Sean Bean as the treacherous 006.

Although the video game admittedly had a WAY better soundtrack than the one provided by Eric Serra (The Fifth Element, Leon: The Professional) for the film.… Expand

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Steven1981

Mar 24, 2020

GoldenEye is a action and adventure film from 1995 and directed by Martin Campbell.. Actor Pierce Brosnan plays James Bond in GoldenEye and he's joined by Sean Bean as the villain and some lady villain who's actually quite sexy and so is Izabella Scorupco. The main problems with GoldenEye isGoldenEye is a action and adventure film from 1995 and directed by Martin Campbell.. Actor Pierce Brosnan plays James Bond in GoldenEye and he's joined by Sean Bean as the villain and some lady villain who's actually quite sexy and so is Izabella Scorupco. The main problems with GoldenEye is pretty much everything starting with the soundtrack because Tina Turner's GoldenEye song is horrible and bad and also James Bond played by Pierce Brosnan has not got any cars with gadgets unlike most of the Bond films. The story in general isn't great and Sean Bean's acting is so bad infact usually he's a great actor but he's horrible in this and laughable and rotten to the core. The woman villain played by Famke Janssen is incredibly sexy and seductive but weak as a villain and laughable and is completely neutralized by Brosnan. The action scenes aren't that great including an army tank with Pierce Brosnan inside chasing the villains which is laughably stupid and a lot of the cast and characters are either annoying, poorly cast or unnecessary and bad. GoldenEye is without doubt to me one of Pierce Brosnan's worst Bond films and certainly a stinker to the Bond collection.… Expand

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