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  • Campbell not a fan of Forster's 'messy' Quantum of Solace - 13 June 2011
    -Former Bond moviemaker Martin Campbell has branded the last 007 adventure, Quantum Of Solace, a "lousy mess".-The director relaunched the Bond franchise with Daniel Craig as the superspy in Casino Royale - but was left unimpressed by Marc Forster's follow-up.- Campbell


  • Campbell slams Bond bosses - 27 May 2011
    -Filmmaker Martin Campbell has criticised bosses of the Bond franchise by blasting Quantum Of Solace as "lousy".-Campbell directed Pierce Brosnan's debut outing as the suave superspy in 1995's GoldenEye before returning to helm Daniel Craig's debut in Casino Royale.- He


  • De Niro walks out of Campbell film - 5 September 2008
    Robert De Niro has walked from the shoot of Martin Campbell's forthcoming thriller Edge Of Darkness after less than a week, it has emerged.-The legendary actor was due to play a clean-up agent in the film alongside Mel Gibson, for whom the project represents a return to

Martin Campbell - what members say


  • Casino Royale
  • Casino Royale review by SAI81 from Tonbridge, Kent
    Rated - 4.0 stars Casino Royale 4 January 2007
    ...ance become pantomime, as so many Bond villains have. However this is Director Martin Campbell's show all the way. From the stark black and white opening, to the unrelentingl...   Read customer review
  • Casino Royale - Blu-ray
  • Casino Royale - Blu-ray review by nated23 from Bimingham
    Rated - 5.0 stars Brilliant 28 April 2007
    ... Spillane-ish last line (though, here, he doesn’t quite mean it). Director Martin Campbell, who set a high mark in GoldenEye that subsequent craftsmen haven’t matched, re...   Read customer review
  • Edge of Darkness
  • Edge of Darkness review by Greenfingersjake from Milton Keynes
    Rated - 5.0 stars Edge of darkness 14 June 2010
    ...s was based on a BBC play that he had been wanting to do for some time and with Martin Campbell at the helm and responsible for bringing James Bond up to date with Golden eye ...   Read customer review

Martin Campbell - filmography


  • Last Resort - Season 1 (2012)
    Starring: Andre Braugher,  Scott Speedman,  Daisy Betts
    Director: Martin Campbell
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The crew of the U.S. ballistic submarine Colorado are ordered to fire nuclear missiles at Pakistan, both Captain Marcus Chaplin (Andre Braugher) and XO Sam Kendal (Scott Speedman) question the legitimacy of the order and are then attacked by another U.S. submarine. Left for dead on a remote island, ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 85% from 7 members
    Due for release on 29th July 2013
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  • Green Lantern on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Ryan Reynolds,  Blake Lively,  Peter Sarsgaard
    Director: Martin Campbell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 26,856 members
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  • Green Lantern - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Peter Sarsgaard,  Mark Strong,  Temuera Morrison
    Director: Martin Campbell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Superhero action film based on the DC comic strip. The Green Lantern Corps is an intergalactic brotherhood of warriors with otherworldly powers whose job it is to uphold peace and justice throughout the universe. With the advent of a deadly and powerful new enemy called Parallax, it is up to Green ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 11,292 members
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  • Edge of Darkness - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Danny Huston,  Mel Gibson,  Ray Winstone
    Director: Martin Campbell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Edge of Darkness is an emotionally charged thriller set at the intersection of politics and big business. Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) is a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Department and a single father. When his only child, twenty-four year old Emma (Bojana Novakovic), is murdered ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 8,798 members
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  • Edge of Darkness on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Danny Huston,  Mel Gibson,  Ray Winstone
    Director: Martin Campbell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Edge of Darkness is an emotionally charged thriller set at the intersection of politics and big business. Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) is a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Department and a single father. When his only child, twenty-four year old Emma (Bojana Novakovic), is murdered ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 30,247 members
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  • Casino Royale - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Daniel Craig,  Judi Dench,  Jeffrey Wright
    Director: Martin Campbell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    CASINO ROYALE introduces JAMES BOND before he holds his license to kill. But Bond is no less dangerous, and with two professional assassinations in quick succession, he is elevated to "00" status.Bond's first 007 mission takes him to Madagascar, where he is to spy on a terrorist, MOLLAKA (Sebastien ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 9,113 members
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  • The Legend Of Zorro (2005)
    Starring: Antonio Banderas,  Rufus Sewell,  Pedro Armendariz Jr.
    Director: Martin Campbell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The year is 1850. After fighting to help California become the 31st state of the Union, Zorro promises his wife Elena that he will give up his secret identity and live a normal life as Alejandro de la Vega. But now, the same forces that conspired to keep California from becoming part of the United ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 36,671 members
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  • Beyond Borders on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Angelina Jolie,  Clive Owen,  Linus Roache
    Director: Martin Campbell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A romantic tale set across many years that centers around a medical student who thinks he has found his calling as an international disaster relief worker--until he gets sidetracked by a philanthropic socialite who is entrenched in a troubled marriage. The two keep inadvertently meeting up, and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 7,228 members
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  • Vertical Limit on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Temuera Morrison,  Scott Glenn,  Chris O'Donnell
    Director: Martin Campbell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Annie Garrett (Robin Tunney) is part of an expedition aiming for the summit of K2, the second highest peak in the world. The ascent seems to be going fine, but the team is failing to receive storm warnings and is thus ignorant of the danger awaiting it. Eventually an avalanche strikes, and Annie is ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 6,985 members
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  • Vertical Limit - Blu-ray (2000)
    Starring: Temuera Morrison,  Scott Glenn,  Chris O'Donnell
    Director: Martin Campbell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    Annie Garrett (Robin Tunney) is part of an expedition aiming for the summit of K2, the second highest peak in the world. The ascent seems to be going fine, but the team is failing to receive storm warnings and is thus ignorant of the danger awaiting it. Eventually an avalanche strikes, and Annie is ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,525 member
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  • The Mask of Zorro - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: ,  ,  
    Director: Martin Campbell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Box set featuring two swashbuckling adventure movies. In 'The Mask of Zorro' (1998), Don Diego de la Vega (Anthony Hopkins) is a swashbuckling legend, adopting the moniker Zorro and donning a mask in his fight against Spanish despots in Alta California. Twenty years after hanging up his sword, he ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 445 members
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  • The Mask of Zorro on DVD (1998)
    Starring: ,  ,  
    Director: Martin Campbell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Don Diego de la Vega (Anthony Hopkins) is a swashbuckling legend, adopting the moniker Zorro and donning a mask in his fight against Spanish despots in Alta California. Twenty years after hanging up his sword, he needs to find a successor to gain revenge on Don Rafael Montero (Stuart Wilson), the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 16,369 members
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  • GoldenEye on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Pierce Brosnan,  Sean Bean,  Famke Janssen
    Director: Martin Campbell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Pierce Brosnan made his first appearance as James Bond in this action thriller, the 17th in the series (excluding the 1967 Casino Royale and the 1983 Never Say Never Again) featuring the suave British super-agent. As the story begins, Agent 007 and his partner, Agent 006 (Sean Bean), pull a daring ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 26,722 members
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  • GoldenEye - Blu-ray (1995)
    Starring: Pierce Brosnan,  Sean Bean,  Famke Janssen
    Director: Martin Campbell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The effortlessly suave and sophisticated Pierce Brosnan makes his acclaimed debut as Agent 007 in this rip-roaring espionage thriller featuring the most eye-popping opening sequence yet. When an MI6 agent (Sean Bean) turns rogue and plans world domination with a terrifying satellite-borne weapon, ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 18 members
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  • No Escape on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Lance Henriksen,  Ernie Hudson,  Ray Liotta
    Director: Martin Campbell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set in 2022, Ray Liotta plays an ex-Marine convicted of murder and sentenced to life on the secret Absalom penal island where there are two separate groups; The Outsiders and The Insiders. The two groups are about to go to war and Liotta has to choose whether or nor to get involved with the violence.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,720 member
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  • Reilly - Ace Of Spies - Gambit (1983)
    Starring: Sam Neill
    Director: Martin Campbell,  Jim Goddard,  Jim Goddard
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Episodes 7 and 8 from the TV espionage series set in the early years of the 20th century. In 'Gambit' Reilly heads into post-revolutionary Russia on a mission to prevent the Bolsheviks making peace with Germany. In 'Endgame' the Bolshevik secret police try to catch Reilly as he negotiates to remove ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 210 members
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  • Reilly - Ace Of Spys (3 discs) on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Norman Rodway,  Sam Neill,  Tom Bell
    Director: Martin Campbell,  M,  Jim Goddard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All twelve episodes from the TV espionage series set in the early years of the 20th century. In 'An Affair With a Married Woman' international spy Sidney Reilly (Sam Neill) creates a scandal during a mission in the Caucasus. 'Prelude to War' sees Reilly leak vital information about the Russian ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 34 members
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  • Black Joy on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Floella Benjamin,  Trevor Thomas,  Norman Beaton
    Director: Anthony Simmons
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    British culture-clash comedy with a social comment. Ben (Trevor Thomas) is a young man from Guayana who comes to London in search of a better life. Hooking up with streetwise con artist Dave (Norman Beaton), a Caribbean immigrant who has managed to find a niche for himself in a white society, Ben ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 122 members
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  • The Sex Thief on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Jennifer Westbrook,  David Warbeck,  Diane Keen
    Director: Martin Campbell
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Cat burglar Grant Henry (David Warbeck) is caught on the job by a series nubile young women who are each persuaded out of raising the alarm when he takes them to bed. British sex comedy from the saucy 70s, directed by Martin Campbell, the man who would later make 'GoldenEye' and 'The Mark of Zorro'.
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 78 members
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Martin Campbell facts

5 most recent films

Last Resort - Season 1 - 4.5 stars
Green Lantern - 3.0 stars
Green Lantern - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Edge of Darkness - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Edge of Darkness - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Casino Royale - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Casino Royale - 4.0 stars
Homicide - Life on the Street - Season 1 - Complete - 3.5 stars
Edge Of Darkness - The Complete Series - 3.5 stars
The Professionals - Season 2 - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Muck And Brass - The Complete Series - 1.0 stars
Reilly - Ace Of Spys - 3.5 stars
Cast A Deadly Spell - 3.5 stars
GoldenEye - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Last Resort - Season 1 - 4.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Gordon Jackson - 19 times - show films
Lewis Collins - 19 times - show films
Martin Shaw - 19 times - show films
Sam Neill - 10 times - show films
Stuart Wilson - 8 times - show films

Most frequent directors

William Brayne - 19 times - show films
Jim Goddard - 10 times - show films
Jim Goddard - 6 times - show films
N - 5 times - show films
Barry Levinson - 5 times - show films