Sadly, when all things are considered, Die Another Day (2002) is an average (at best) James Bond film. This time Bond (Pierce Brosnan) is captured and tortured for a year in North Korea. He eventually gains his release after a spy exchange only to find that Q now doubts his usefulness. Out for revenge, 007 travels to Cuba and Iceland only to find that his Korean nemesis has undergone a metamorphosis to further his scheme to reunite the Korean Peninsula. Along the way, 007 meets a competing female agent Jinx (Halle Berry) and must work with and against British spy Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike). This Bond film fails for several reasons. The plot is reminiscent of Diamonds Are Forever (1971), the villain Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens) is too much like Zorn from A View To A Kill (1985), Brosnan is already showing his age in the role, the movie relies overly on action and stunts for a 007 outing, Bond getting captured for such a long time is out of character, and the theme song by Madonna is not a good fit. The bottom line is that Die Another Day fails to live up to expectations, as have most of Brosnan's outings as Bond except for GoldenEye (1995).
