

The World Is Not Enough
As the countdown begins for the new millennium there is still one number you can always count on.
Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to protect a beautiful oil heiress from a notorious terrorist. In a race against time that culminates in a dramatic submarine showdown, Bond works to defuse the international power struggle that has the world's oil supply hanging in the balance.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $135M
- Box office
- $361.8M
- Language
- English
- mission
- london, england
- submarine
- oil
- boat chase
- mi6
- heiress
- bilbao, spain
- british secret service
- snowmobile
- azerbaijan
- james bond
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-1319 Nov 1999
- PhysicalPG-13DVD16 May 2000
United KingdomGB
- Premiere12European Charity London Premiere22 Nov 1999
- Theatrical1226 Nov 1999
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM21 Nov 1999
CanadaCA
- Theatrical14A17 Nov 1999
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical1323 Dec 1999
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1224 Dec 1999
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical13 Jan 2000
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical710 Dec 1999
FranceFR
- Theatrical121 Dec 1999
- TV12France•38 Sept 2025
GermanyDE
- Theatrical128 Dec 1999
- Physical12DvD21 Jun 2000
GreeceGR
- Theatrical7 Jan 2000
- PhysicalDVD14 Jul 2000
- PhysicalBlu-Ray17 Mar 2009
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1225 Nov 1999
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The World Is Not Enough was released on 17 November 1999.
Audience reviews
8- J7/10
John Chard
9/1/2019
Revenge is not hard to fathom for a man who believes in nothing. The World is Not Enough is directed by Michael Apted and adapted to screenplay by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Bruce Feirstein, using characters created by Ian Fleming. Music is scored by David Arnold and cinematography by Adrian Biddle. Bond 19 and 007 is required to protect a female oil magnate from potential assassination, but it soon becomes …
- W6/10
Wuchak
6/4/2021
_**The oil pipeline in central Asia episode**_ After a British oil tycoon is assassinated, agent 007 (Pierce Brosnan) traces the hit to a crazy ex-KGB terrorist (Robert Carlyle) and travels to the Caspian Sea/Black Sea area to protect a sultry oil heiress, the daughter of the murdered mogul (Sophie Marceau). Denise Richards is on hand as a nuclear physicist working at a Russian ICBM base in Kazakhstan while Robbie…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
6/2/2022
I am afraid I struggled with this film right from the get-go. Not that Pierce Brosnan doesn't turn in a decent enough effort as "007", it's the supporting cast that are pretty average and the story - it is just so weak. Arch-baddie "Renard" (Robert Carlyle) has been shot in the head so gets stronger every day until he dies (any physicians please explain how a bullet near your brain can make you nigh-on immortal?). Ro…
- J6/10
JPV852
9/10/2022
Love Brosnan as Bond but man was he straddled with a bad script and even worse casting with Denise Richards playing a nuclear scientist. I get pre-Craig Bonds always had a tongue-in-cheek streak to them and ridiculous scenes (the opening boat chase was laughable once it went to the street) but this was a bridge too far (only to be outdone in a scene in Die Another Day). That said, there are some decent action set pie…
- T9/10
The Movie Mob
10/7/2022
**One of my favorite Bond films with surprising villains, more profound character development, great action, and a fitting farewell to a beloved character.** The World Is Not Enough's massive box office success resulted from its excellent villains, beautiful filming locations, great characters, and endearing send-off of Desmond Llewelyn. This Bond film surprised with a masterminding, manipulative, and powerful fem…
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