‘Traffic was a killer…’

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Another fine example of Hollywood royalty raking in the filthy lucre of advertising demonstrated here, as Pierce Brosnan gets all Bondian on behalf of Visa.

Stuck in a traffic jam, the suave one ditches his limo for a motorised rickshaw and gets – as he might quip in other, more coital scenarios – the ride of his life. Despite the not-quite-a-breach-of-copyright version of the 007 theme at the end and Pierce’s hilariously bad Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea-style acting on the CGI stage, gurning and swaying gently from side to side as the baby taxi performs ever more impressive stunts on location, this is still more enjoyable than the second half of Tomorrow Never Dies