DIE ANOTHER DAY
RATING: PG-13
STARRING: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, Rosamund Pike, Rick Yune, John Cleese, and Judi Dench
DIRECTOR: Lee Tamahori
PRODUCERS: Barbara Broccoli and Callum McDougall
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Anthony Waye
WRITERS: Neal Purvis and Robert Wade
DISTRIBUTOR: MGM/UA
GENRE: Spy Thriller/Action Adventure
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Teenagers and adults
SUMMARY: In Die Another Day, Pierce Brosnan as James Bond is at it again, but this time revenge is his motive. With Halle Berry at his side, Bond is unstoppable in his fight to stop a megalomaniac from creating world havoc! Since it contains the standard "Bondisms" of sexual promiscuity, violence and materialism, Die Another Day is not a film for impressionable youngsters, or teenagers (who are the target audience).
Once again, Pierce Brosnan portrays James Bond in Die Another Day. Betrayed and rejected by his own, James Bond must find the traitor or "mole" who disclosed him to the North Koreans. With an enigmatic "Bond Girl" named Jinx (Halle Berry) crossing his path, and eventually partnering with him, the "master spy" travels to exotic lands like Cuba and Iceland to uncover the evil Gustav Graves and foil his plans to start a war between North and South Korea. Also aiding him are the usual gadgets designed by "Q," including a new Astin Martin.
CONTENT: Pagan worldview with hedonistic values, some moral and some anti-Communist, anti-totalitarian elements regarding North Korea; about four obscenities; very strong action violence includes explosions, people impaled on swords, hero tortured with scorpions and hand cut off by laser; depicted foreplay, implied fornication in three trysts and many sexual innuendoes; upper male nudity, women in skimpy clothes or swimsuits (sometimes in sexual poses), and ice sculpture effect on nude women; alcohol use; smoking; and, revenge.
RABBIT-PROOF FENCE
RATING: PG
STARRING: Kenneth Branagh, Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, David Gulpilil, and Natasha Wanganeen
DIRECTOR: Phillip Noyce
PRODUCERS: Phillip Noyce, Christine Olsen and John Winter
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: David Elfick, Kathleen McLaughlin and Jeremy Thomas
WRITER: Christine Olsen
BASED ON THE BOOK BY: Doris Pilkington
DISTRIBUTOR: Miramax Films/Buena Vista (Disney)
GENRE: Historical Drama
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Older children and adults
SUMMARY: Rabbit-Proof Fence is the story of how three aboriginal girls escape an orphanage after being plucked from their homes to be trained as servants. The three new girls run away one stormy night, knowing that the rain will cover their tracks. Molly figures out that if they find the "rabbit proof fence," they will be able to make it. Will her knowledge of the bush and the pull of her mother’s love be enough to carry her the entire 1500 miles home?
Rabbit-Proof Fence is a beautifully filmed, heartwarming story of the triumph of the will to reunite with family. The photography of the vast Australian plains is breathtaking at points. The story is well written, directed and produced. Regrettably, however, the movie portrays the antagonist and the nuns at the orphanage as sincere, but deluded, Christians.
CONTENT: Mixed pagan worldview with moral elements shown in attempts toward sincere charity and pagan elements such as un-translated chanting, also some Christian characters, especially the antagonist, shown to be sincere, but deluded, with some apparent revisionist history; no foul language; mild violence with girl at orphanage apparently getting a whipping; allusion to white man’s desire for sex with black servant; and, bondage bordering on slavery, tearing families apart and racial bigotry.
