Last Updated on August 3, 2021
This week, Pierce Brosnan grabs a gun to play a retired CIA operative in THE NOVEMBER MAN. How does Brosnan’s most famous role hold up against replacement spy Daniel Craig?
(Please note: Face Off is an opinion column. We’re not using any actual science to prove or disprove anything. It’s just for fun.)
Keep a megalomaniacal media kingpin from inciting a war for better headlines and ratings
Thwart an oil heiress’ plan to increase her company’s fuel prices by sabotaging a competing pipeline
Prevent a rogue North Korean military leader from using a satellite heat beam to destroy the North/South Korea DMZ
Bankrupt a terrorist by beating him at poker
Seek revenge for the murder of his lover
Stop the Quantum organization from seizing control of Bolivia’s water supply
Keep a rogue MI6 agent from exacting vengeance on the organization and M
Xenia Onnatopp (Famke Janssen), Trevelyan’s sadistic henchwoman known for her viselike thighs
Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce), a media mogul trying to instigate World War III
Mr. Stamper (Gotz Otto), Carver’s muscular German henchman
Renard (Robert Carlyle), a pain-impervious former KGB agent turned terrorist
Elektra King (Sophie Marceau), an oil baroness scheming to increase global fuel costs
Zao (Rick Yune), a North Korean terrorist with diamonds stuck in his face
Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens), a cocky British entrepreneur who is actually rogue North Korean colonel Moon (Will Yun Lee) after a face-change process
Mr. White (Jesper Christensen), leader of criminal organization Quantum
Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a high-ranking member of Quantum
General Medrano (Joaquin Cosio), an exiled Bolivian military commander involved with Quantum
Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem), a ruthless ex-MI6 agent turned terrorist
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Havana, Cuba
Hamburg, Germany
Istanbul, Turkey
an ice hotel in Iceland (of course)
Montenegro
Venice, Italy
Bregenz, Austria
an exploding hotel in the middle of the Bolivian desert
Istanbul, Turkey
Shanghai, China
Macau
the Bond family estate in Scotland
Roger Spottiswoode (TOMORROW NEVER DIES)
Michael Apted (THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH)
Lee Tamahori (DIE ANOTHER DAY)
Marc Forster (QUANTUM OF SOLACE)
Sam Mendes (SKYFALL)
“Tomorrow Never Dies” by Sheryl Crow
“The World Is Not Enough” by Garbage
“Die Another Day” by Madonna
“Another Way to Die” by Jack White & Alicia Keys
“Skyfall” by Adele
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