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Wow, what a movie ! With his debut as a director, the often underrated Bill Paxton delivers one of the best films I've seen in the past few years. If you ask me, this is the best movie about serial murderers since John McNaughton's "Henry - Portrait of a Serial Killer", although it takes quite a different approach at the topic. The acting is strong, the script is tight, Paxton's direction is incredibly crisp and the movie as a whole holds up beautifully after multiple viewings. Easily the best horror I've seen since "Jacob's Ladder" was released in 1990. Paxton should be incredible proud and he deserves a round of applause...

This Bond film commits the greatest sin ANY movie can commit: It's boring. Yep, the boat chase is a nice start, but after that it goes downwards... lot's of talking, very little action. You know, I can forgive the casting of Denise Richards as a nuclear scientist (Now, can I suspend my disbelief, or what ?!? :) ), 'cause she's really easy on the eyes. What I can not forgive is that Robert Carlyle's villain is badly underused. If you've got such a rally cool bad guy like Renard with lots and lots of interesting possibilities, and then you really do nothing with him, that's just a shame. The showdown is just lame, too. However, Brosnan's fine as Bond, it's just the movie around him that sucks. Final pun is atrocious, too... Bond Rating: *1/2 out of ****

I really didn't believe the franchise could reach greatness again (after all, "The World is not enough" sucked... a lot... OH GOD, HOW MUCH DID IT SUCK ?!?!?!?), but "Die Another Day" does prove me wrong. And I'm happy about it. This one has it all: Great action and One-liners, cool gadgets, foxy women, spectacular set pieces and excellent villains. Great, great showdown, too. All in all the most satisfying of the Brosnan Bonds yet, who has grown nicely into HIS role. I liked this movie so much, even some admittedly cheesy visual effects couldn't ruin it for me. It's pure fun from start to finish. Bond-Rating: ***1/2 out of ****