1) Description
When his top-secret mission is sabotaged, James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) finds himself captured by theenemy, abandoned by MI6 and stripped of his 00-license. Determined to get revenge, Bond goes head-to-head with a sultry spy (OscarÂ(r) winner* Halle Berry), a frosty agent (Rosamund Pike) anda shadowy billionaire (Toby Stephens) whose business is diamonds but whose secret is a diabolical weapon that could bring the world to its knees! Bristling with excitement and bursting with explosivespecial effects, Die Another Day is an adrenaline-pumping thrill-ride with "stunts and non-stop action [that] will astonish you" (Jeffrey Lyons, WNBC-TV)! *2001: Actress, Monster'sBall

2) Amazon.com
The 20th James Bond adventure, Die Another Day succeeds on three important fronts: it avoids comparison to Austin Powers by keeping its cheesy humor in check, allows Halle Berry to be sexy and worthy of a spinoff franchise, and keeps pace with the technical wizardry that modern action films demand. Pierce Brosnan's got style and staying power as James Bond, now bearing little resemblance to Ian Fleming's original British super-spy, but able to hold his own at the box office. He's paired with American agent Jinx (Berry) in chasing a genetically altered North Korean villain (Rick Yune) armed with a satellite capable of destroying just about anything. John Cleese and Judi Dench reprise their recurring roles (as "Q" and "M," respectively); they're accompanied by weapons-laden sports cars, a hokey cameo by Madonna (who sings the techno-pulsed theme song), and enough double-entendres to keep Bond-philes adequately shaken and stirred. With clever nods to 007's cinematic legacy, Die Another Day makes you welcome the familiar end-credits promise: James Bond will return. --Jeff Shannon

1) What a waste of Halle Berry!   [Rating: 2 out of 5]
Having grown up with Bond Movies, and I have seen EVERY ONE of them, I must say, D.A.D. was the WORST piece of celluloid EVER (IMHO). The CGI effects in this Madonna laced guano-fest, must have been put together by a cage full of chimps. The scenes with Iccarrus, Bond parasailing on a tidal wave, and racing a giant heat ray were all cartoonish. If you look at past Bond movies, there is not an overly large amount of CGI. After all, the Broccoli family (Producers of almost all JB movies), are know for their over-the-top stunt work. In most of the movies, Bond would have new and more difficult stunts, it was one of the reasons I went to see them. You never saw the same stunt twice. I was happy to see they went more "traditional" in Casino Royale. (One of the best Bond movies EVER made.) As for Ms Berry, I think she is one of the most beautiful and talented actresses in movies today, she was really the only worthwhile reason to watch D. A. D. as most of the rest of the flick was nearly unwatchable. Even Mr Brosnen looked as if he would have been doing anything except this awful movie. I really doubt Blu-Ray will be able to save this dog of a movie. However, if you like Halle Berry, it almost worthwhile picking up the Blu-Ray version. All-in-all, you may want to do something more useful with the $23.95 they have the nerve to charge. I mean, the darn movie has a prolonged scene that includes a sword fight and it is inflicted with Madonna's awful acting, fake British accent, and ever widening.....Waist. I say, wait until HBO shows this on their HD channels, don't spend your bucks on this guano.

2) Piece Bronosan last go round as Bond is great   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Die Another Day is another great Bond flick. Piece Bronosan proves to me once again that he makes a great Bond. The action sequences are tight and not over blown like in Tommrow Never Dies. Halle Berry and Rosomund Pike are great as Bond girls but I really enjoyed Rick Yune as the bad guy. I hope we get to see more Yune in the future. As the creidts always say James Bond will return.

3) Great 007 movie   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
If you like Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry, here they are at their best. Brosnan is a master in fencing and Berry is just great in a bikini. A must for 007 fans. My favorite.

4) What A Shame   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
This was the best WRITTEN Bond that I have seen during the Brosnan reign. The storyline had twists and turns and a couple character surprises that re-engaged the viewer after the routine car/hover craft chases and overload of digital effects.The players were all good excepting Halle Berry. She was hard to watch. One can just imagine a NASDAQ feed with her lines running across her forehead. Line reader - not actor. Also it seemed that she modeled either her body, or the clothes that she wore in every scene that she was in. Yawn. Clearly she never got a firm grasp, or any for that matter, on her part as Michelle Yeoh did in Tomorrow Never Dies.Too bad (for the writers). In the 40th year of Bond most of the regulars seemed tired, leaving us with a disillusioned and drinking M. One can see why the producers went backwards in time and re-energized the franchise with a new Bond. It was time.

5) Loud & Excruciatingly Numbing Bond Entry. Quite Possibly the Worst in the Series.   [Rating: 2 out of 5]
I have been a 007 fan for over 25 years and like every good fan out there, I purchased the 007 DVD collection (great purchase by the way). I absolutely love several of these films and have watched many of them repeatedly. I love most of the classic Connery films, "Goldfinger", "From Russia With Love", "Dr No" and I adore several of Roger Moore's lavish films most notably ""Live and Let Die", "The Spy Who Loved Me" and my absolute favorite "For Your Eyes Only". There is one film on this collection however that will not win any multiple viewings from me and I'm afraid "Die Another Day" is it. Although "Moonraker" is often criticized and crowned by most fans as one of the worst, if not THE worst in the series (although I disagree and would cite "Diamonds are Forever" as the second worst after this one), I think "Moonraker" is vastly superior to the CGI infested cheese-fest that is "Die Another Day". Even for a Bond film this stretches all levels of believability and in my opinion, was lame beyond rational explanation. Although several people had problems with the plot (switching DNA?), that was the least of my worries since I do not watch a Bond film for realism. I expect an irrational, unbelievable, madcap story line. It's part of the fun. One of the problems I had with this entry was that several of the characters, Bond included, became too super human. The 2 good guys became unbelievable super heroes with the ability to do things that even Spiderman would have a hard time doing. The film is also riddled with too many let-downs and too many "you've got to be kidding me?" moments (almost as much as "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" if that is even possible). Let's go over them shall we? The film consists of too much CGI, a bad title song, too much CGI, Halle Berry (sorry but I am not a fan), a stiff cameo by none other than Madonna, TOO MUCH CGI and some laughably bad scenes involving a lame invisible car, a melting ice Castle in Iceland and featuring the ever invincible Bond traveling faster than light and then surfing through Icelandic tidal waves holding on to 2 parachutes. The film's climax is also ludicrous and just too unbelievable, even for a 007 picture. At least, "Moonraker" was a decent film the first 90 minutes (before Bond went to space) and most importantly, it didn't take itself seriously unlike this installment which takes itself way too seriously. This film escapes the dreaded 1 star rating because despite the ridiculousness of it all, I was still somewhat entertained by its over-blown spectacle and numbing CGI effects. One of my favorite Bond films "For Your Eyes Only" followed "Moonraker" and breathed some much needed life and realism in to the series. Luckily for the franchise, "Casino Royale" did the same thing but it doesn't keep "Die Another Day" from being bottom of the barrel Bond.