Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘The World Is Not Enough’

Written by Shae Rufe

No, seriously, the 007 Bond theme will forever be stuck in my head. After all these movies, my brain is mush, and I can't even begin to process what is going on. All I know, is this is the last of my reviews of this series of films, and I'm filled with mixed emotions. On one hand, I'm excited because the new movie comes out soon! On the other, I hand the reigns back to John for the final run of the movies. With that, The World Is Not Enough came out the year my dad adopted me. 

It was a really special and important year for us as a family and I can remember everything that happened that year. Including this movie release. I suppose, for me, revisiting these movies over the past few days, has brough forth all kinds of personal nostalgia. I remember the feelings of awe and excitement over them. I remember how I wanted to be a spy. More importantly, they make me realize how old I am. Which is okay! I can tell my nephew that I watched some of these movies in theaters and he'll think I'm cool!

This last movie in my section heads back to major twisty plots, back stabs, a kidnapping, and terrorists. Which means we have to bring in former KGB agents turned into world dominating bad guys! Because those are the best bad guys. Also, Russian accents? Kind of awesome. Have you noticed we've dealt with a lot of Russians in these movies? Sir Robert King is a very rich man. He's made his money from oil and he's a friend of M's, which means Bond is tasked with retrieving some money for the man. Which he does, after killing some peoples and escaping with the money, only to witness King's brutal murder. This means Bond gets a chance at playing bodyguard to King's Daughter, Elektra. Renard is our KGB agent turned terrorist, and he has a history of kidnapping Elektra for ransom. He saves the woman from would be attackers. However, while Elektra may be beautiful and kind, she's definitely up to something. She just so happens to be working with Renard, and the two attempt to get rid of James and Christmas Jones. Who is Christmas? Well, she's a nuclear physicist they use to help steal plutonium. She gets saved by Bond, and thus a new romantic interest is born.

Renard plans to blow up a portion of an oil pipeline. As Bond explains to M that Elektra is probably working with the former KGB agent, they discover where the bomb is. Christmas and James hurry off to deactivate the bomb, but half of that stolen plutonium is missing. They're unable to stop the impending explosion, but James gets them free from death's grip one more time. Elektra has captured M. It seems M had advised King not to pay ransom, and Elektra and Renard started working together. She'd had her father killed out of spite. So, what's the plan? Blow up a rival pipeline using a submarine and the remaining plutonium. All so the pipelines Elektra is building will be more valuable. Basically, it would make the Russians poor, and make Elektra filthy rich. It's Christmas who stumbles upon this realization. Before they can form a plan however, they're captured by Elektra's men. Christmas is taken to the submarine and Bond is taken and tortured by Elektra. He's freed by Zulovsky, just before the man dies. Bond then kills Elektra and frees M before going after the submarine.

Renard is aboard the vessel, and the fight that ensues is epic. The submarine dives and suffers a hull rupture in the midst of the fight. 007 manages to kill Renard! Yay Bond! Before the reactor and detonate, James and Christmas escape, of course they do! It's a Bond Film! Which means, this romance isn't built to last.

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