I think we can all agree that inflation has been a problem in the UK recently.
The price of everything from food to fuel has skyrocketed, and now it seems that economic shockwaves have hit the streaming world, too.
On Amazon Prime this morning, we spotted the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies going for an eye-watering price.
For £2,000, Amazon users could download the movie (in HD, to be fair), which sees Pierce Brosnan’s Bond battling an evil media tycoon played by Jonathan Pryce.
As ever, though, Amazon does offer a decent discount.
The Pierce Brosnan Bond Bundle is currently marked down from its usual price of £2,025.97 to a far more reasonable £24.99.
The price was also noticed by Reddit users, who had plenty of theories on what had happened.
‘Seen typos like that before on Amazon,’ wrote WeDoingThisAgainRWe. ‘Someone probably thought they were entering a year or the field itself is just mixed up.’
‘It’s clearly a mistake,’ agreed MijMike. ‘Look at the price of the film bundle.’
‘I think someone on Amazon’s end just hit a typo and they haven’t noticed because nobody on earth is trying to buy this movie,’ said Deanereaner.
While this being a simple mistake seems the most likely explanation, I’m sure there are some people (maybe two?) who’d pay this to watch Tomorrow Never Dies.
Afterall, it’s considered one of the most misunderstood Bond movies by fans.
On r/JamesBond, the Reddit user T2-95 wrote: ‘Tomorrow Never Dies is criminally underrated! ‘
‘Tomorrow Never Dies seems to be one of those films that ages better and becomes more relevant as time marches forward,’ concurred Matuatay. ‘Plus, it’s Jonathan Pryce vs. Pierce Brosnan. HELL yes!’
Meanwhile, another user claimed ‘It is one of my favourite Bond movies. Great soundtrack, great villains, good pacing… and the best opening scene of any Bond movie ever.’
People on Reddit aren’t the only fans of the film, either. The AV Club’s Jesse Hassenger enthusiastically sang its praises, calling it ‘an underrated adventure for Pierce Brosnan’s underrated Bond.’
Sadly, when it was released, Tomorrow Never Dies failed to find favour.
It has a relatively low 57% on Rotten Tomatoes, and critics at the time claimed it was too generic to stand out.
To make matters worse, it remains the only Brosnan Bond movie not to open at number one at the box office.
What sank its chances? Well, it was a little film called Titanic.
Still, if you’ve not seen it and have £2,000 lying about, there are worse ways to spend the day.
Metro has reached out to Amazon for comment.