The World Is Not Enough (1999)
1999 Michael Apted Bond film with Brosnan. Sophie Marceau as oil heiress, Robert Carlyle as terrorist who feels no pain. Denise Richards as nuclear physicist.
Neal Purvis
This archive collects the films written by Neal Purvis reviewed at Master of Worlds — 7 titles spanning “Casino Royale (2006)”, “Die Another Day (2002)”, “No Time to Die (2021)”, “Quantum of Solace (2008)”, “Skyfall (2012)”, “Spectre (2015)”, and “The World Is Not Enough (1999)”. Together they form a substantial cross-section of the work, and the reviews approach them as storytelling first. The questions stay consistent across the collection — what the screenplay asks of the audience, how it serves the structure of each film, and what holds up on a second or third viewing. Seeing one name across this many films makes the craft legible in a way a single title cannot: the recurring instincts, the range, the choices that mark the work. The collection is curated rather than exhaustive, built from films reviewed in depth at Master of Worlds, and it grows as further titles are added.
Die Another Day (2002)
2002 Lee Tamahori Bond film with Brosnan’s final outing. North Korea, invisible Aston Martin, Halle Berry, CGI surfing. Franchise low point.
Casino Royale (2006)
2006 Martin Campbell Bond film with Daniel Craig’s debut. Eva Green as Vesper Lynd, Le Chiffre poker tournament, franchise hard reboot.
Quantum of Solace (2008)
2008 Marc Forster Bond film with Craig. Direct sequel to Casino Royale, Bolivia setting, Mathieu Amalric as Dominic Greene.
Skyfall (2012)
2012 Sam Mendes Bond film with Craig facing Javier Bardem. M’s past returns, Bond’s Scottish childhood home, Adele theme song.
Spectre (2015)
2015 Sam Mendes Bond film with Craig. Christoph Waltz as Oberhauser-Blofeld, attempted retroactive franchise unification.
No Time to Die (2021)
No Time to Die is the final entry in Daniel Craig’s James Bond tenure and one of the most divisive Bond films in the franchise’s sixty-year history. Cary…