South Africa TV - Pierce Brosnan 007 triple-play this weekend on SABC3

26-Jul-2008 • Media Alert

Film: "Tomorrow Never Dies"
Channel: SABC3 (South Africa)
Date: Saturday 26th July 2008
Time: 20:00

For the first hour or so, this 18th Bond movie is up there with the best of them: it has terrific pace, Pierce Brosnan has romantic and rough-house appeal, and the post-Cold War story has grip and plausibility. However the momentum slows in the second half, where the drawn-out action takes over from the story.

Film: "The World Is Not Enough" (1999)
Channel: SABC3 (South Africa)
Date: Saturday 26th July 2008
Time: 22:15

The 19th James Bond adventure effortlessly juggles a hard-hitting story (about oil pipelines in Azerbaijan) with all the expected "super spy" embellishments. Pierce Brosnan is clearly comfortable as 007 and he is matched by Sophie Marceau and Robert Carlyle, who make a perfect pair of Bond villains.

Film: "Die Another Day" (2002)
Channel: SABC3 (South Africa)
Date: Sunday 27th July 2008
Time: 21:00

When his top-secret mission is sabotaged, James Bond finds himself captured by the enemy, abandoned by MI6 and stripped of his 00-licence. Determined to get revenge, Bond goes head-to-head with a sultry spy, a frosty agent, and a shadowy billionaire whose business is diamonds... but whose secret is a diabolical weapon that could bring the world to its knees!