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Advantages: Has been out for a while now so cheaper
Disadvantages: Not as 'Bond' as some of it's predecessors

...to give the plot away, Die Another Day is the 20th film about supercool British spy James Bond. After Bond is captured and traded by the Korean Military, Bond embarks on a journey that takes him from the streets of London to the beautiful frozen surfaces of Iceland in an attempt to discover who betrayed him to the Korean's in the first place. With more guns, gadgets and more insane bad guys than before Die Another Day is exciting, but in a different ...
...his way through the stories, Die Another Day has Bond fight and blast his way though most of the movie. With a superb supporting cast featuring Halle Berry, Rick Yune, John Cleese and Dame Judi Dench, if this is a film you haven't seen already, it's time you did. ... Read review

Advantages: Exciting classic film
Disadvantages: None!

A classic James Bond film about the world famous spies' adventures based on Ian Flemings novels. Starring Sean Connery, this was the first James Bond of many throughout the last few decades. I love the image of James Bond which is well-known throughout the world and will appeal to all those wannabe James Bonds or spies. I found the action in the film is relentless and provides exciting gun-battles and memorable baddies! The exotic location of the ...
...espionage lifestlye. Also, if you watch closely enough a subtle James Bond humour can be seen which adds to the excitement. With some great acting this is a must for film lovers as it is a part of film history. In conclusion, the film is well worth the money for all the family to watch. ... Read review

Advantages: Even better than the first
Disadvantages: nothing

...on the heals of watching Die Hard I watched Die Hard 2 last night. Oh my goodness it was definatley equal if not better than the first in it's superb plot quality, although far superior in stunts and locations. McCane (Bruce Willis) is picking his wife up from the airport when he sees some men acting suspiciously. He follows one into the luggage area and manges to kill one of them as they are messing with the luggage. The local police are not convinced ...
...sure the viewing public are convinced either! However shortly after that a gang of terrorists hijack the runways and the airport technology, meaining no planes could land. As his wife is on one of those planes circling the sky until it gets clearance to lend, McCane bides his time by becoming involved with a daredevil scheme to foil the terrorists plans. McCane tries to restore control to the tower with the help of the best gunmen but this fails ... Read review

Advantages: Made me like Ben Affleck, Good Plot and Action Sequences.
Disadvantages: None that I can think of.

Daredevil Director: Mark Steven Johnson Release Date: 2003 Runtime: 133 mins Approx Certificate: 15 Disk 1: Main Feature. As the film starts, we see our hero, Daredevil aka, Matt Murdock (Ben Affleck), who is clutching onto a cross at the top of a church. He falls down into the church and is found by the priest. We then hear a voice over by Affleck, who says something about when you die your life flashes before you eyes, and ...
...have commited, Murdock dons his Daredevil costume, and sets out to bring them to justice using his own methods. He meets a woman called Elektra one day, and instantly falls in love with her, although he can't tell her about his secret identity. Someone known only has the Kingpin, hires a hitman named Bullseye (Colin Farell), to kill Elektras father, because he no longer wants to be in the crime business. He is killed by Daredevils weapon, after ... Read review

Advantages: ....good intro sequence
Disadvantages: Bad plot, bad acting, bad effects, bad direction....bad bad bad

...I went along to Die Another Day in the hope that it would raise the bar back up on the Bond film. How very very wrong I was!!! The now traditional precredits action sequence started very well, and with Bond getting caught, just great. Then came the credits sequence, which despite the dire theme song, was very good, showing Bond being tortured and suffering. This really was showing great promise. Even the first few minutes after the credits were ...
...However, within a few minutes everything had gone to terribly wrong. The storyline was a mess and some of the acting truely terrible!!! The set pieces were fairly spectacular but much to over the top and not really in keeping with what James Bond should be. As the film went on it just got worse and worse, and by the time the end came about, there were two thoughts in my head. 1) Had the director ever ever seen a James Bond film?? It didn't seem ... Read review