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The World Is Not Enough

As the countdown begins for the new millennium there is still one number you can always count on.

1999 · 2h 8m · PG-13 Action, Adventure, Thriller
Directed by Michael Apted

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Overview

Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to protect a beautiful oil heiress from a notorious terrorist. In a race against time that culminates in a dramatic submarine showdown, Bond works to defuse the international power struggle that has the world's oil supply hanging in the balance.

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All reviews
51%
Tomatometer
Fresh

The movie is better than you've heard, although that's not saying a lot.

David Edelstein, Slate
Fresh

This keeps one reasonably amused, titillated, and brain-dead for a little over two hours.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten

Sees 007 undone by villainous scripting and misguided casting and acting in a couple of key secondary roles.

Todd McCarthy, Variety
Fresh

Apted ensures it all passes by efficiently enough. And his extraordinarily well staged opening salvo is one of the most impressive Bond sequences yet.

Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh

A thoroughly satisfying, completely entertaining film that's also, rather surprisingly, an emotionally full experience.

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

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