GoldenEye Review

GoldenEye


Release Date: 26th December 1995 - Australia


Production Companies
Eon Productions (made by)
United Artists


Genre: Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 124 minutes


Budget: $60,000,000

Box Office Gross: $352,194,034 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary

When a powerful satellite weapon system called "GoldenEye" gets stolen, only Agent James Bond 007 can stop those responsible. Sent to Russia to find the space weapon that fell into

the wrong hands, Bond

must investigate the

identity of a syndicate,

Janus, who stole it from

a Russian research

facility after an accident.

Meanwhile, Bond must

confront a sexy but

deadly female assassin.

And the renegade Russian

General Ourumov. Both

happened to be working

for Janus. But when

James discovers that the

mastermind behind this

evil plot and syndicate is

an old friend who is now

his worst enemy and

knows every move from

the intrepid spy.


Cast
Pierce Brosnan - James Bond
Sean Bean - Alec Trevelyan
Izabella Scorupco - Natalya
Simonova
Judi Dench - M
Desmond Llewellyn - Q
Famke Janssen - Xenia
Onatopp
Alan Cumming - Boris
Grishenko

Joe Don Baker - Jack Wade
Robbie Coltrane - Valentin
Zukovsky
Tcheky Karyo - Dimitri
Mishkin
Gottfried John - General
Ourumov
Samantha Bond - Miss
Moneypenny
Michael Kitchen - Bill Tanner
Serena Gordon - Caroline
Simon Dunz - Severnaya
Duty Officer

Pavel Douglas - French

Warship Captain

Olivier Lajous - French

Warship Officer

Billy J. Mitchell - Admiral Chuck Farrell
Constantine Gregory - Computer Store Manager

Minnie Driver - Irina
Michelle Arthur - Anna

Ravil Isyanov - MIG Pilot

Vladimir Milanovich - Croupier

Trevor Byfield - Train Driver
Peter Majer - Valentin's Bodyguard

Michael G. Wilson - Russian Security Council

Member (Cameo) (Uncredited)

Martin Campbell - Cyclist (Cameo) (Uncredited)

Crew
Director - Martin Campbell
Based on Characters - Ian Fleming
Story - Michael France
Screenplay - Jeffrey Caine and
Bruce Fierstein

Script Supervisor - June Randall
Associate Producer - Anthony Waye
Executive Producer - Tom Pevsner

Consulting Producer - Albert R. Broccoli (Uncredited)
Producers - Michael G. Wilson
and Barbara Broccoli
Casting Director - Debbie McWilliams

Dialogue Coach - Andrew Jack
Production Designer - Peter Lamont
Supervising Art Director - Neil Lamont

Art Directors - Andrew Ackland-Snow,
Kathrin Bunner and Charles Dwight Lee

Assistant Art Directors - Michael Boone,

Steven Lawrence and James Hambidge (Uncredited)

Storyboard Artists - Martin Asbury

and Syd Cain

Construction Coordinator - Tony Graysmark

Production Buyer - Ron Quelch

Set Decorator - Michael Ford

Property Master - Barry Wilkinson

Costume Designer - Lindy Hemming

Hairdressing Supervisor - Colin Jamison
Director of Photography - Phil Meheux

Second Unit Cameraman - Harvey Harrison

Camera Operator (Uncredited)/Model

Unit Camera Operator - David Worley

Production Manager - Philip Kohler

Unit Production Manager - Callum McDougall

Assistant Director - Gerry Gavigan

Assistant Director: Second Unit - Terry Madden
Second Unit Director - Ian Sharp
Additional Unit Director/Photographer -

Arthur Wooster
Stunt Coordinator - Simon Crane
Parachute Coordinator - B.J. Worth

Action Helicopters - David Paris and

Peter Flynn

Aviation Advisor - Mike Woodley

Car Chase Stunts - Remy Julienne
Special Effects Supervisor - Chris Corbould

Special Effects Floor Supervisors -

Steve Hamilton and Andy Williams

Visual Effects Coordinator - Mara Bryan
Miniature Effects Supervisor - Derek Meddings
Modeller Head of Department - Brian Smithies

Art Director: Model Unit - Michael Lamont
Visual Effects Photographer - Paul Wilson

Model Unit Camera Operator - John Morgan

Editor - Terry Rawlings

Supervising Sound Editor - Jim Shields

Sound Re-Recording Mixers - Michael Carter,

Graham V. Hartstone and John Hayward
Title Designer: Main Titles - Daniel Kleinman

Unit Publicist - Geoff Freeman
Composer: James Bond Theme - Monty Norman
Music/Writer/Performer: "The Experience of

Love" - Eric Serra

Performer: "Goldeneye" - Tina Turner
Writers/Executive Producers: "Goldeneye" -

Bono and The Edge

Music Editor - Robert Hathaway


Review

In 1995, after six years without a Bond film, James Bond was re-introduced to a new generation of fans. Audiences saw him again on the big screen for the first time. GOLDENEYE relaunches the franchise into the modern era and completely re-evaluates its status. Martin Campbell's direction defines the movie as a combination of explosive action and thrills with a bit of humour. The plot is highly intricate, and the characters are remarkable.

Pierce Brosnan not only got a fresh start in portraying the secret agent but also gives charm and dashing looks to the main character without giving him a comedic or darker attitude, and shows an emotional side of Bond that we never see in the originals. The acting performances (aside from Brosnan) are sublime, like Sean Bean playing the traitorous ex-agent, who is also Bond's former friend and archnemesis. Famke Janssen portrays the femme fatale, and last but not least, let's not forget Judi Dench for the first time in her role as Bond's superior, M.

The visuals are impressive. Tina Turner gives an incredible vocal performance for the theme song that catches up to Shirley Bassey's old Bond themes. The highlighted scenes include the opening sequence and the tank chase.

GOLDENEYE is the only Bond feature with Brosnan in the lead that's shaken, not stirred. It is the best of his four Bond movies and one of my favourites in the series. In a capacity, it does show the audience how explosive and tight action exploits people into becoming the Bond fans of the 90s. I highly recommend it.

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

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