TOMORROW NEVER DIES

UK, 1997, 119 minutes. Colour.
Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Ricky Jay, Joe Don Baker, Vincent Schiavelli, Judi Dench, Desmond Llewelyn, Samantha Bond, Colin Salmon, Geoffrey Palmer, Julian Fellowes, Gerard Butler.
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode.

1. The long series? Popularity? The appeal? The change with Pierce Brosnan? The 1990s?

2. British espionage, government missions, gadgets and action?

3. The style of the credits over the decades, the song, locations, stunts? The women?

4. International appeal, the range of countries, beauty, tourist aspects, glamour, affluence?

5. The introductions, the action, Bond strutting his stuff?

6. The range of villains, suave, wealthy, ambitious, exercise of power? Use of technology? Anti-Bond? The confrontations and defeats?

7. The basic plan of the scenarios, the crisis, the government, Bond’s being called in, infiltration, the revelation of the villain, the relationships with the women, Bond and his personality, dangers and fights, challenges, his capture, the technology and the victory at the last minute?

8. At the particular locations, Germany, China, the sea? The weapons? The market?

9. The 1990s, the role of the media, the moguls, the viewers and ratings? A 1990s-style Blofeld? Creating the news? Destructive use of power?

10. The ship, its course, the hidden ship, the torpedoes, the British response, the admiral? M, Bond and the assessment?

11. The character of Elliot Carver, his personal life, his empire, the new mogul? Henry Gupta and the IT skills? The gala opening? Echoes of Rupert Murdoch?

12. Bond, his personality, the interviews with M, Q and the devices, the entry, as a banker, Paris and the contact, the surveillance? The meeting with Paris Carver? The memories of the past? The surveillance and the listening in to the conversation? The renewal of the affair? The setup, for information, the sexuality, Paris Carver’s death?

13. Wai Lin at the gala, information, in Hong Kong, the connection, China and the agents? Sharing with Bond? Experiencing the attack, capture, the finale?

14. Elliot and his control, his staff, his plans, Beijing?

15. M, a more realistic person in command? Not the navy? The clashes with the navy personnel? The government ministers?

16. The confrontation, the perfect system? Wai Lin going underwater, the rescue? The elaborate fight with Elliot? The machine and his death?

17. A satisfying 90s Bond entertainment?