![]() What comes across in that scene is the feeling that they knew what they were doing. That device made the car unseeable to the naked eye, we’re told, thus effectively rendering it invisible. The car, then, was an Aston Martin Vanquish, that as was explained in the film, came complete with a cloaking device. Certainly, it’s hard not to see the grit and down to Earth elements of the Craig era as a partial response to the more ambitious gadgets of Brosnan’s tenure, and to this day, none receives anywhere near the discussion of the vehicle in question. A device that’s now a notable touchpoint in James Bond movie lore, used generally to describe a bizarre and unrealistic gadget that barely passes close to Planet Earth. But certainly there were problems, with one or two moments that felt, charitably, a little elevated from reality.Ĭhief amongst them being the invisible car. The subsequent badging it as the worst Bond film, that’s happened in some quarters, feels a little harsh. It would also, however, in the midst of that become one of the most critically lambasted 007 films. There was even talk of a spin-off movie for Halle Berry’s Jinx character, such was its success. And when the movie was ultimately released in November 2002, it would become the highest grossing James Bond film of all time. Stunt legend Vic Armstrong recalls the screenplay by Bond regulars Neal Purvis and Robert Wade was “a good one”. Contrasting with the sizeable delays between Daniel Craig-headlined 007 adventures, the film was on schedule, arriving just three years after The World Is Not Enough. The before and after of the 20th James Bond film, Die Another Day, worked out really rather well for those making it.
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