The World is Not Enough

Once again a book written from the movie screenplay and not only matching it perfectly, but adding some background material on Renard, and Elektra that wasn't in the movie. Bond again (of course) saves the world from nuclear catastrophe. A lot of action. What a superhero. Of the 40 Bond books, I hav......more

The World is Not Enough rarely ranks high on people's lists concerning James Bond movies. Personally, although I easily recognise it is flawed, I have always had a soft spot for it because it was the first Bond movie I saw in the cinema (not the first Bond film ever, of course - just the first on th......more

Once again, Raymond Benson manages to breathe some additional life into a novelization. Frankly, the film version of "The World is Not Enough" leaves a lot to be desired; while there are some superb scenes, there are some misses in the way of casting and acting. Brosnan was a fine 007 but the scripts......more

Movie adaptation. Benson makes it into a movie I'd like to see, even though I did see it and hardly remember any of it. An oil tycoon gets blowed up inside MI6 HQ, and James Bond is sent to protect his surviving daughter who had previously been kidnapped but escaped. A terrorist named Renard the Fox......more

Raymond Benson's The World is Not Enough novelization is only better than the movie because readers can mentally fix Denise Richards's performance. Other than the chapter on Renard's background, it adds little to the story. I found the translation from the screen to the page similar to that of Benson......more