Show Bond Returns to Theaters By Andy Crow Sports Editor During this Holiday season the motion picture industry has been desperately trying to find a competitor competitor competitor com com- for the smash mega-smash Titanic Well Vell Hollywood may have just found its knight in shining armor Tomorrow Never Dies The newest in the long line of the infamous James Bond features stop non-stop action sequences hot women and Pierce Brosnan appearing appearing appearing appear appear- ing in his second Bond flick The newest and perhaps one of the best Bond movies ever has kept up with Bond tradition with an added dimension for a Bond movie The movie begins with an action scene in the middle of the Russian wilderness wilderness wilderness wilder wilder- ness where terrorists are conducting an arms bizarre a sort of an arms swap meet Bond Brosnan is obviously the English special agent chosen for the dangerous job of crashing the party and busting all the criminals He proceeds to blow blowup blowup blowup up shoot and kill anyone in sight as he completes the mission and narrowly escaped with his life It definitely was a great way to start the movie and was just a prelude of what w was s to to come The movie is not short on action a Bond trademark but the added twist involves the leading ladies of Bond The Bond movies are as famous for their women as much as the action But as all fans who follow follow follow fol fol- fol- fol low the movies know he never stays with the women he ends up in bed with In Tomorrow Never Dies throw in Paris Carver Terri Hatcher Carver is the wife or to soon-to-be- dead wife of Elliott Carver Carver is the biggest media mogul in the world and plans to take over the h 7 fop 1 f If r 2 f p i- i A it t f fW W J a. a f Ii s x r I IJ J f Photo curtesy of United Artists Pictures Tomorrow Never Dies world with his media empire by manipulating the outcome of important tant news stories to increase his personal personal personal per per- gain and in effect increase Carvers Carver's worldwide exposure The interesting twist is Paris Carver the wife wife of Elliott Carver is probably the only woman Bond has ever fallen fallen fallen fall fall- en in love with Brosnan told producers producers producers pro pro- before the shooting of the film that he wanted Bond to have not just a Bond Girl but a woman whom he could love Unfortunately for Hatcher admirers and for Bond Carver is killed by her husband within minutes of being introduced in the movie As the plot thickens the movie introduces Huai Lin She's a special special special cial Chinese agent similar to Bond who's trying to uncover Carvers Carver's scheme and expose him as a fraud After the death of Paris Bond finds his new quick love in Huai Lin As of Jan 4 Titanic had grossed million And to the delight of Hollywood Tomorrow Never Dies is not far behind with a 92 million gross Brosnan has been very pleased with the production and theater success of Tomorrow Never Dies and says he plans on making as many Bond movies as the producers want him to The movie has its fair share of stunts and tense moments that keep you on the edge of your seat The good thing about Bond movies is the plot is not so confusing like say saya a Mission Impossible Tomorrow Never Dies is not light on plot but definitely not a brain buster to fol fol- fol- fol low To all the James Bond fans out there and to all those who enjoy good movies go out and catch the latest James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies It will not disappoint |