Former Bond star Pierce Brosnan calls Spectre 'kind of weak'

Pierce Brosnan says Spectre is weak but has praised Daniel Craig's performance as James Bond.

Former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan is not a fan of the new 007 film Spectre.

Brosnan said despite looking forward to Spectre "enormously" the film was too long and too similar to the Jason Bourne franchise, starring Matt Damon.

"The story was kind of weak - it could have been condensed. It kind of went on too long. It really did," Brosnan, who played Bond in four films from 1995 to 2002, told HitFix.

"[Spectre] is neither fish nor fowl. It's neither Bond nor Bourne. Am I in a Bond movie? Not in a Bond movie?"

The Goldeneye actor did, however, praise Daniel Craig on his fourth performance as Bond and said he now had "ownership" of the role.

"He's a mighty warrior, and I think he found a great sense of himself in this one with the one-liners and a nice playfulness there," he said.

"Just get a tighter story, and he'll have another classic."

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