GoldenEye (1995)

A Russian base in Siberia is attacked and two satellite weapons are "stolen" (meaning the software that controls them is). An MI-6 agent is assigned to investigate the event, and he finds out that a rogue Russian general is one of the persons behind the attack and theft.

The formula still shows some vigor (though some critics at the time decreed its exhaustion). The film is comprised of well-done action set-pieces. The screenplay tries to add a little self-consciousness to its proceedings by inserting the concept of sexism into them. The erotic bits are over-the-top savage at their best and ridiculously mellow at their worst. The political background has not found echo in real events past or future: the Soviet backlash has only existed in the fantasies of screenwriters. Not a particularly remarkable movie, except for one sequence where the protagonist freefalls into boarding a plane.

Rating: 51