James Bond (Pierce Brosnan), feeling somewhat responsible for the death of a British oil tycoon and friend, decides to be play bodyguard for his daughter, Elektra (Sophie Marceau). Meanwhile, terrorist Renard (Robert Carlyle) plans to steal a warhead for a nuclear war and use Elektra's father's oil pipeline to transport it. It's up to James Bond to stop him...

James Bond movies are in a league of their own. I must admit I only remember seeing 3 full-length ones and they were all 3 Pierce Brosnan ones. I've seen parts of older movies before but never in their entirety. Altough none of the Bond films I've seen have been spectacular or really good, they've always been entertaining and sometimes fun. They have that childhood imagination of being a super spy who can do anything. But of course, each Bond film comes complete with many flaws.

1st of all, Bond's basically a womanizer when you get down to the nitty gritty. He sleeps with pretty much any girl he's known for more than 5 minutes. And, of course, the movies could do without that, but unfortunately, it's a Bond trademark. Also, there must be tons of violence. Most of the time, it can be looked past because it's expected, but at times, some of the action sequences tend to cross the line once an automatic weapon is introduced.

One plus the movie does have, however, is the almost complete absence of cursing (see below). It's nice to be able to see an action movie with no "s" words, "f" words, and other assorted colorful phrases. However, The World is Not Enough, as compared to Tomorrow Never Dies seems to have a lot more sexual innuendo and double meanings, and a lot more overall violence.

The World is Not Enough is a good Bond film. Brosnan does his best job yet as the secret agent and continues to add an essence to the character that will make people think of him when the name James Bond is mentioned. With the plot being decent and good enough to carry some stellar action sequences (especially the opening scene and the boat chase scene). And if you can get past Bond's typically and occasional cheesey or corny cliched comments and one-liners, you'll enjoy it better. Some of the films sequences can seem outrageous and to some, silly, but keeping in mind that it is just another James Bond adventure film, it automatically gives the film plenty of imaginative slack to create some entertaining scenes.

The acting was good, and the introducion of R (John Cleese) to soon take over Q's role was fantastic, creating the funniest scene in the film. It's cool to see Cleese in new roles since his days in Monty Python. The "Bond girls" were relatively good in this installment, too. Sophie Marceau did a pretty good job as the mysterious Elektra King. However, although Denise Richards' performance as Dr. Christmas Jones, she just didn't seem to fit too well, and it almost seemed as though her character was just placed in there so Richards could be in it. The nauseating thing was her abnormal chest size. For a skinny girl, she was pretty "blessed," and that tended to emphasize that "those" were the only reasons why she was in the movie in the first place.

If you're able to look past the violence and the sexual content, you'll find a fun, exciting thriller with some amazing action/spy sequences. Not for everyone, and definitely a tattered film, I give the movie 3 stars** on a Bond scale for it's overall good production and entertainment value. However, if the sexual content was nonexistent (or really toned down) and the violence kept to a minimum, the film would have been more enjoyable.