The World Is Not Enough

The World Is Not Enough

1999. Great Britain. Directed by Michael Apted. With Pierce Brosnan, Robert Carlyle, Denise Richards. The terrorist Renard, who has a bullet lodged permanently in his brain, masterminds a London explosion that kills mogul Robert King and blows a huge hole in MI6 headquarters. M, sensing the next target in Renard’s madness is King’s daughter Elektra, sends Bond to protect the very willful young woman. Richards is amusingly miscast as Christmas Jones, a hot pants–wearing American physicist who oversees the dismantling of a nuclear reactor. 128 min.