James Bond: Pressure Point Remastered
by Tubes
This is a heavily edited version of THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH. All the bloat is removed, turning it into a leaner, meaner, badder Bond film.
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(9 votes, average: 7.67 out of 10, rated)
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tagline: A leaner, meaner, badder Bond film
original film name: The World Is Not Enough
new film name    : Pressure Point Remastered
film studio name : EON Production
edit crew name   : Tubes
Date Original Film Was Released : November 19, 1999
Date Edit Was Released      : March 27, 2009
Original Runtime      : 128
New Runtime         : 106
Amount of time Cut/Added    : 22 minutes cut
Cuts removed/added/extended    :
- 1) Removed Bond quipping about the Cigar Girl’s body
- 2) Trimmed Office Fight.
- 3) Cut Moneypenny
- 4) Trimmed Bond attempting to stop the MI6 bombing
- 5) Cut the second shot of the Cigar Girl shooting
- 6) Trimmed Boat Chase. Removed Cigar Girl crashing into pier, cut down on grenade launcher usage.
- 7) Cut M’s line “We’ll chase them to the farthest ends of the world if needs be.” Little over the top there, Judi.
- Cut Q Lab scene
- 9) Trimmed M’s conversation with Bond. Less sentimental, more business.
- 10) Cut briefing
- 11) Cut Elektra’s line about losing loved ones
- 12) Trimmed Ski Chase
- 13) Removed line “See you back at the lodge”
- 14) Removed one of Bond’s “Look in my eyes”
- 15) Cut long pauses in Elektra/Bond conversation about feeling alive and such.
- 16) Cut line “I’ll be back soon”
- 17) Cut Bond looking up at end of conversation
- 18) Cut line “Chill out, James!”
- 19) Small trim in Bond/Valentin conversation
- 20) Cut “Where’s Davidov” conversation
- 21) Cut second conversation after sex
- 22) Davidov gets shot again. Just once. I couldn’t find the neck breaking sound effect I wanted (ie one that didn’t sound like carrots snapping), so this will do.
- 23) No Russians with sneakers.
- 24) Bond’s into to Christmas gone and all references to it as well
- 25) Cut line “He caught a bullet, instead of the plane”
- 26) Cut Bat-Watch
- 29) Cut Christmas jacking the control box
- 30) Cut line “Seal the door! Close it!”
- 31) Cut Elektra calling M
- 32) Cut Bond confronting Elektra
- 33) Cut M’s homie head nod to Elektra
- 34) Cut Elektra confronting Bond in the control room
- 35) Cut line “Sit tight”
- 36) Cut conversation about stripped screw heads
- 37) Cut Bond shielding Christmas from bomb
- 38) Cut line conversation about Bond’s present status with Elektra
- 39) Cut line “There is one critical element I might be forgetting
- 40) Cut line “Yes”
- 41) Cut Elektra answering phone
- 42) Small trims in conversation between Bond and Valentin
- 43) Trimmed caviar fight. No BMW, half the length
- 44) Trimmed Valentin in the caviar. Cut differently than Original
- 45) Cut line “It’s time for you to die”
- 46) Cut line “James Bond’
- 47) Cut shot of Christmas
- 48) Cut conversation about movie title
- 49) Cut M from Elektra death scene
- 50) Cut remorseful cuddling of Elektra by Bond
- 51) Cut line “So, we’re going up then”
- 52) Readded line “James, it’s too risky”
- 53) Cut drowning Brozzer
- 54) Cut down end fight, Bond does not save Christmas until after he kills Renard
- 55) No Jon Glen Moment
- 56) Movie ends at Bond and Christmas kissing with fireworks background
- 57) Only Myself To Blame over end credits
- 58) JAMES BOND WILL RETURN moved to end of movie, with the very of beginning of Die Another Day playing as the sound.
Fanedit details: 5.1 surround sound audio
2CD Divx file to be released 3/27/09
DVD to follow soon afterward
High Definition version possibly in the future
Your intention for this fanedit: To cut the bloat from The World Is Not enough, turning it into a leaner, meaner, badder Bond film.
Your way to achieve your intention: Cutting, using crossfades, audio mixing.
Hardware and software information : Final Cut Pro, MPEG Stremclip, A.Pack (to create the mono files from the 5.1 track), DVD Studio Pro
Additional Comment: This a recut of my first fanedit Pressure Point (http://fanedit.org/357/). It initially started as remaking every cut exactly with better video and surround sound. Instead, I started cutting things that I either missed, forgot, or didn’t have the talent to cut before. So this is my definitive final cut of Pressure Point.
Time needed for the edition: 1 month, 2 weeks
persons involved: 1
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The edit:
First, let me note that I haven’t seen TWINE in a *very* long time, so my scene-to-scene memory is fuzzy. I noticed a slightly rough cut or two, but nothing that would detract from the viewing experience. (Also, the boat-on-land remains.)
It felt like the story had been cut a bit too much. I remember about Renard and the bullet, and hated the hologram scene, but first-time viewers would be confused. Also, I had a general feeling of a dearth of emotional depth. How much is due to the edit and how much to the original, I can’t say, but, while fun, the result didn’t satisfy me on a thematic level.
editing: 4.5 of 5,
entertainment: 3 of 5
Image quality:
I watched the .avi version and thus cannot comment, but I believe the full dvd would look faultless.
Audio quality:
Seamless except for some audio fluctuation during the boat chase… could have been an .avi issue
audio: 4.75 of 5
Overall (not an average):
It’s honestly been too long since I’ve seen TWINE to know which is better. I seem to remember one scene in particular in which Bond confronts Elektra about his suspicions, and while it may well have had its faults, I missed it.
I enjoyed the movie for most of its duration, but don’t think I’ll want to see either version again – the story just ain’t there. So, a thanks to Tubes for his effort, and
3 out of 5
Review by gaith1 — April 5, 2009 @ 4:24 am