Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, John Cleese, Halle Berry, Judi Dench, Rosamund Pike, Toby Stephens, Colin Salmon, Rick Yune
Gustav Graves is really the North Korean colonel who supposedly died at the beginning and he has developed Icarus to destroy the demilitarized zone so that North Korea can take over South Korea. Bond learns that Miranda Frost is a double agent working with Graves. Bond never revealed any information during that heavy duty torture we see at the beginning of the movie. Bond kills Graves, while Jinx (Halle Berry) kills Frost. Of course, Bond and Jinx end up together.
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Plot hole: In the pre-title sequence, James Bond travels in a hovercraft along the dirt road, which is full of landmines. Soon after reaching the waterfall at the end, trucks drive up along the road he just drove in on to capture him. As there was only one road into the waterfall complex, the landmines must have all disappeared, as earlier on in that sequence, we are informed that the only way that the North Koreans can avoid the mines along that road is by hovercraft. (00:12:05)
James Bond: You know, you're cleverer than you look.
Q: Still, better than looking cleverer than you are.
Trivia: The name of the hotel that Bond visits in Hong Kong is The Rubyeon Royale Hotel. "Ruby" for the 40th anniversary of the James Bond series, "Eon" for EON Productions, producers of the series, and "Royale" for Casino Royale, the first Ian Fleming James Bond novel.
Question: Is it possible to stop your heart as it seems that James Bond did in this film when he is in hospital, or not? My partner believes that it's not possible.
Answer: Consciously slowing one's own heart rate to barely beating (usually performed by a mystical guru-type character in film or literature) is a myth. It is possible to slightly slow the heartbeat with meditation and relaxation, but completely stopping and restarting it is impossible.
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