Cinema review Die another day (From Penarth Times)

Cinema review Die another day

BOND is back - the world's most famous secret agent James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) has a new and a very personal mission.

He is on the trail of a double agent - someone is implicating him as a traitor, after he is caught and subsequently released in a spy for spy trade.

So our suave suit-wearing hero goes searching for the person who has betrayed him and country.

The road leads him to Gustav Graves (played by Toby Stephens), a wealthy diamond miner, and with all good villains comes a great henchman- Zao (Rick Yune) ,who also has a score to settle with our British hero.

But the bad and good guys are only part of the 007 franchises.

There are also the Bond girls, and Halle Berry does a great job as Jinx, an American agent who appears to be after the same thing as our agent.

They trek around the world to many exotic locations that include Korea, Hong Kong, Cuba and Iceland.

Bond's mission is clear - he must restore his own reputation and bring the criminals to justice in his own unique way.

So expect explosions, car chases, gunplay and full-blooded action with a large dose of adventure.

Die Another Day is everything you've come to expect from the Bond movies.

For some, it's the typical good versus evil, with many cheesy one-liners.

But for others, these are the things we look for in a good Bond film.

Also, adding to the film's continuity are recurring characters "M" (Judy Dench), "R" (John Cleese) and Samantha Bond as Money Penny, who seem at ease with their characters allowing the plot to move forward seamlessly.