Here are ten movie franchises that were influenced by the James Bond series.
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Evil is an obvious caricature of Blofeld,a Bond villain who has appeared several timesthroughout the series.
He joins her at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned business she works for.
Very soon McClane realizes that there’s no one to save the hostages – but him.
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An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters who killed his dog and stole his car.
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After waking up at sea with no memory of who he once was, Jason Bourne travels the world to discover his identity while mysterious assassins try to kill him. Matt Damon stars as Jason Bourne, a character first appearing in Robert Ludlum’s 1980 spy novel The Bourne Identity. The film was followed by The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, both of which were also adaptations of Ludlum’s work.
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In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.
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A spy organization recruits a promising street kid into the agency’s training program, while a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
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New York City policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia) and two daughters on Christmas Eve. He joins her at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned business she works for. But the festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over the exclusive high-rise, and everyone in it. Very soon McClane realizes that there’s no one to save the hostages – but him.
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An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.
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The X-Men franchise of films and television shows includes a variety of releases, covering both the X-Men team as a whole, as well as individual explorations of specific characters.
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An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters who killed his dog and stole his car.