The Bourne Ultimatum

As Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) goes after the people who “created” him and killed his girlfriend, more CIA operatives are realizing that he may not be the enemy. The third…

Mission Impossible: Unmasking a Traitor

Tom Cruise. Photo: Paramount Eleven years ago, I stepped out of a theater together with my buddies after watching Mission: Impossible and was as enthusiastic as any twenty-year-old can be…

Guns of Navarone: Mission Impossible

Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle and Gregory Peck. Photo: Columbia I loved this movie when I was a kid. I had good taste. Some of the cherished childhood memories one chooses…

Infernal Affairs 

One cop (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) and one gangster (Andy Lau) have infiltrated their enemy organizations; the outcome of the war between the Hong Kong police and the mafia depends on…

GoldenEye 

James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) must stop his former colleague and friend (Sean Bean) from getting his greedy hands on a dangerous satellite system. The 17th entry in this series came…

Licence to Kill 

Drug lord Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi) maims a CIA agent and kills his wife; as they were friends of James Bond’s (Timothy Dalton), he begins a personal vendetta against the…

The Living Daylights 

James Bond (Timothy Dalton) helps a KGB general (Jeroen Krabbé) defect; there's valuable information to be had, but Bond isn't sure just how reliable the man is. Bond flick nr.…

Casino Royale: Bond Begins

Daniel Craig. Photo: Sony Pictures Releasing The departure of Pierce Brosnan and the introduction of Daniel Craig made it possible to begin anew. This film was based on Ian Fleming’s…

A View to a Kill

James Bond (Roger Moore) realizes that an American industrialist (Christopher Walken) plans to destroy Silicon Valley in order to gain control of the world’s microchip market. Bond flick nr. 14…

Never Say Never Again 

When SPECTRE steals two nukes as part of an extortion scheme against the world, James Bond (Sean Connery) cuts his vacation short.  This film is not part of the official Bond series…