Those responsible for James Bond certainly imagined it differently: Die Another Day was released in 2002 as the 20th film in the popular spy series and was supposed to be the big one Blockbuster party of a screen legend become. Pierce Brosnan’s fourth mission with Her Majesty’s Secret Service was not well received.
Although Die Another Day was a success at the box office, critics and audiences were only moderately enthusiastic about the overloaded action hit, which featured a laser satellite with a… invisible car waited. For many fans, Die Another Day was clearly overreaching.
Today you can watch Brosnan’s last Bond on TV.
Die Another Day: Pierce Brosnan plunges into a dark and explosive James Bond finale
After all these years, a new look at the laughed-off Bond finale of the Brosnan era can’t hurt. Because there are some exciting things here, starting with the action-packed opening sequence in North Korea, which features a few… darkest images and hardest decisions of the entire series.
You can watch the trailer for Die Another Day here:
Die Another Day – Trailer (German) HD
Bond is on an undercover mission, is exposed, captured and tortured. MI6 also loses trust in him. Brosnan’s Bond rarely seemed like this fragile and lost like after the prisoner exchange on the foggy bridge after the Madonna song. The part after that becomes even more explosive.
The uncomfortable opening is followed by a fast-paced journey around the globe, from Cuba to… Halls of a huge ice palace against the beautiful backdrop of Iceland. There Bond competes against the megalomaniacal billionaire Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens). He receives support from the quick-witted NSA agent Jinx (Halle Berry).
An exuberant Bond film full of CGI effects that corresponds entirely to the zeitgeist of blockbuster cinema in the early 2000s: Of this exuberance the series said goodbye completely in the Craig era. But that doesn’t mean that Brosnan’s unrestrained Bond farewell no longer has a reason to exist.
On the contrary: it is precisely the contrasts that make the Bond series so exciting. After over 60 years, despite many recurring elements, we can look back on an extremely versatile franchise that different Currents of blockbuster cinema covers. We can’t wait to see what direction the next Bond takes.
James Bond: When is Die Another Day on TV?
Die Another Day airs tonight, March 23, 2024, at 10:55 p.m. on ProSieben. With advertising, the broadcast lasts until 1:35 a.m. The repeat will follow on March 30, 2024 at 3:35 a.m. The film is currently not available as a streaming subscription from any provider. Alternatively, you can watch Brosnan’s Bond finale on Amazon Prime Video and Co. with various purchase and rental options.