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GenreAction, Adventure & Thriller
RatedPG-13
Runtime2 hr 13 mins
ReleasedNovember 22, 2002
StreamingSee Where to Watch
DirectorLee Tamahori
StarringPierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens
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Die Another Day (2002)
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| Die Another Day's Details | |
| Genre | Action, Adventure & Thriller |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Released | 11/20/2002 (United Kingdom); 11/22/2002 (United States) |
| Streaming | See Where to Watch on this page. |
| Running Time | 2 hr 13 mins |
| Budget | $142M (reported) |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Based On | James Bond by Ian Fleming |
| Country | United Kingdom, United States |
| Language | English |
| Die Another Day's Interests | |
| General | Conflict diamonds, hovercraft chases, Havana, fencing clubs, gadgets from Q. |
| Music | David Arnold. Madonna sings the title song and turns up as a fencing instructor. |
| Movies | GoldenEye (1995), Brosnan's first. Casino Royale (2006), the reset that came next. |
| Television | Alias. A whole show about agents who cannot trust their own agency. |
| Heroes | Q (John Cleese). First full mission in the job, still deeply unimpressed by Bond. |
| Die Another Day's Crew | |
| Director | Lee Tamahori |
| Writers | Neal Purvis, Robert Wade |
| Producers | Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli |
| Cinematography | David Tattersall |
| Music | David Arnold |
| Edited By | Christian Wagner |
| Production | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Eon Productions |
| Distributed By | MGM Distribution Co. (United States and Canada), 20th Century Fox (International) |
Bond gets an invisible car in this one, and somehow it isn’t the silliest thing on screen. Die Another Day opens strong: a hovercraft chase through a minefield, then a grim stretch where Bond is held prisoner and comes out bearded and furious. Pierce Brosnan is great in that stretch. Then the movie goes full cartoon. A henchman with diamonds stuck in his face, a laser satellite, an ice palace, and Bond surfing a CGI tidal wave that looked dated the day it came out. The sword fight between Brosnan and Toby Stephens is the high point, a gentlemen’s duel that wrecks an entire club. Halle Berry has presence as Jinx and a script that gives her catchphrases instead of a character. Rosamund Pike, cool and sharp, is the best thing in the back half. It made $432 million worldwide on a reported $142M. A 3.6 because the opening and the sword fight rule and the rest melts like the ice palace. $9,586 says the next time you can’t find your car, you mumble that it’s probably just invisible.
What works: The hovercraft opener and the fencing duel between Brosnan and Toby Stephens are top-tier Bond.
What doesn’t: The back half drowns in CGI and gadgets, from the invisible car to the tidal wave surfing, and the villain plot is pure nonsense.
Who it’s for: Brosnan loyalists and anyone who wants maximum Bond excess in one sitting.
Spoilers
Gustav Graves is really Colonel Moon, the North Korean officer Bond thought he’d killed, remade with gene therapy, and Miranda Frost is the traitor who gave Bond up. Bond takes down Graves on a crashing plane while Jinx beats Frost in a sword fight of her own.
James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) goes undercover at a North Korean military base to stop a colonel trading weapons for conflict diamonds, and it goes wrong fast. He spends fourteen months as a prisoner before MI6 swaps him for a terrorist named Zao (Rick Yune). Back home, M (Judi Dench) suspends his double-oh status, convinced he talked under pressure. Bond is sure someone set him up, so he walks out on MI6 and chases Zao to Cuba, where he crosses paths with NSA agent Jinx (Halle Berry), and the trail points to diamond billionaire Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens). Lee Tamahori directs. One hundred thirty-three minutes, one invisible car.
Anyone who can get Bond a shave and a suit. It has been a long fourteen months.
| Pierce Brosnan | James Bond |
| Halle Berry | Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson |
| Toby Stephens | Gustav Graves |
| Will Yun Lee | Colonel Tan-Sun Moon |
| Rosamund Pike | Miranda Frost |
| Rick Yune | Tang-Ling Zao |
| Judi Dench | M |
| John Cleese | Q |
| Michael Madsen | Damian Falco |
| Samantha Bond | Miss Moneypenny |
| Colin Salmon | Charles Robinson |
| Kenneth Tsang | General Moon |
| Michael Gorevoy | Vladimir Popov |
| Lawrence Makoare | Mr. Kil |
| Ho Yi | Mr. Chang |
| Rachel Grant | Peaceful Fountains of Desire |
| Emilio Echevarría | Raoul |
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 17 October 2026 DataBot +480 Numbers refreshed: Worldwide box office $432M; Domestic box office $160.9M; Opening weekend $47.1M; Profit / loss (est.) +$3M; Rotten Tomatoes 55%; CinemaScore A−; box office chart updated; Rotten Tomatoes critics 55% (226 reviews); Metacritic 56 / 100; CinemaScore A−; IMDb users 6.1 / 10 (242,999 votes); movie.guru score 4.8.
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