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Probably for the best to be honest, it doesn't feel like something which needs a sequel.
Topkapi by Paul Verhoven?
The mind boggles!
Typical lurid, bonkers '90s action movie, but entertaining
As a fan of the genre looking forward to this, looks like fun. Directed by Chris Columbus no less, I will likely purchase this if possible.
Brosnan's Lahndan accent makes an occasional appearance, otherwise he sounds his usual self, and nothing wrong with that.
EDIT: Watching a bit more and I thought it had a familiar sound to it, and yes, it's a Thomas Newman score.
Tom Ellis is good casting as Pierce's son.
It seems very expensive, they build lots of beautiful sets (including a whole street at one point for no apparent reason) and the cast is ridiculously starry, almost pointlessly so.
For Bond-related elements, I immediately caught that Thomas Newman score (some of it honestly sounded like leftover bits from SF), I dug the Aston Martin appearance (even as it's clumsily parked on a poorly constructed set that is so obviously not a real location), but I was mainly disappointed that Brosnan and Pryce only had one scene together and didn't interact at all. I know not every film of Pierce's needs a Bond throwback nod, but having them in the same film, I was really hoping for something between the two.
I'd give it a 3/5, not the worst thing I've ever seen but nothing I'm likely to ever rewatch. If Netflix does a sequel in the near future, I'll be there to watch it.
The overly starry casting is sometimes at the detriment of the thing: Brosnan is fine but he’s miscast really, and Richard E Grant is in there in a role that really doesn’t need him, nor is he suited to at all.
I’d say only Pryce really brings an extra quality and depth you might not get from anyone else, and he’s pretty wasted. Even Mirren, who’s the star, is only really fine, not much better. Sir Ben Kingsley just stands there, mugging.
But really the story isn’t worth all the effort. I’m a bit baffled that this is a publishing phenomenon with such a bog standard, Midsomer Murders plot at the centre.
Being a bit slow I've only recently recogised the possibilities of looking at the TV section of the filmographies
Pierce was very active during that interregnum between when he finished up as Remington Steele (1987) and when he began James Bond (1995)
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
Michael Caine, in Harry Palmer mode, is a British Agent with the task of preventing the Russians detonating a nuclear explosion next to an American base in the UK. Pierce is the ruthless KGB agent tasked with carrying out the plan.
Taffin (1988)
Cutthroat developers are intent on building a chemical plant in an Irish town, and they'll use any means necessary to silence their opponents. In need of more help than the law can provide, the town's citizens turn to Mark Taffin (Pierce), a debt collector and martial-arts expert who's accustomed to getting his way. As Taffin battles against corporate goons and hired thugs, it's clear he's a force to be reckoned with. But is one man enough to win the battle?. (silly question)
The Heist (1989)
Framed con-man (Pierce) seeks revenge by planning a racetrack heist.
Murder 101 (1991)
After writing/publishing a book about a real murder trial, Pierce returns to his college to teach creative writing - art of the thriller. 1st essay assigned: plan a perfect murder. Later someone uses it for murder.
Live Wire (1992)
After A US senator is killed, A Bomb Disposal Expert (Pierce) is brought in to investigate the deadly explosive and must uncover the terrorists plan.
Detonator aka Death Train (1993)
A train with hostages is stolen in Bremen, Germany. It's heading south through Europe with a nuclear bomb. A UN crime-fighting task force is in charge of stopping it in cooperation with local military and police.
Patrick Stewart is in charge of the good guys, Christopher Lee leads the bad guys, Pierce is a field agent
Detonator 2 - Night Watch (1995)
Rembrandt's Night Watch returns to Amsterdam fake. UN agents Pierce and Alexandra Paul return, to investigate there and in Hong Kong - stumbling on North Korean special bombs aimed at the West's communication. (makes sense...???)
Pierce sports a flamboyant "Musketeer-ish" moustache and goatee in this one, but so far I haven't been able to find it on Youtube
While he was Bond, Pierce made the caper / heist movie "The Thomas Crown Affair" in 1999, playing an "International Man Of Mystery" who operates on the wrong side of the law, and "The Taylor Of Panema" in 2001, based on a John LeCarre story, where he plays a more seedy version of British secret agent.
After Bond he did another caper / heist movie "After The Sunset" in 2004 and played an even more seedy assassin in "The Matador" in 2005.
Nearly a decade later he got back into the spy business in "The November Man" (2014) and "Survivor" (2015)
Since then he's only had supporting roles in movies like "The Foreigner" (2017) and "Final Score" (2018)
He's also done a couple of "married couple terrorised by a stranger" thrillers, "Shattered" in 2007, where he played the stranger, opposite Gerard Butler, and "I.T." in 2016, where he plays the husband.
Is this a record?
Just imagine how long Pierce's arm is.