All of the Bond heritage aside, we still have to judge Tomorrow Never Dies on its merits rather than on its illustrious predecesors. By that standard, Tomorrow Never Dies is a middle-rung action movie, nothing more. And he's trying to start a war between Great Britain and China to increase TV ratings. It really is. It just ambles along with motorcycle chases and car chases and whatnot until the final confrontation between Bond and this Rupert Murdoch guy.
Tomorrow Never Dies is a formula movie.
And there's nothing intrinsically wrong with that, mind you. To its credit, Tomorrow Never Dies does try to shake up the formula by adding Michelle Yeoh, best known in the States as a Jackie Chan sidekick. All that aside, though, this is still a James Bond movie, which means that things are done with class. The chase scenes are well-done, although they're not compelling. Inc. All rights reserved.