Former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan has spoken out regarding the recent Boston bombings, saying that he thinks violence in movies and games has a serious effect on society.
“I do think the movies influence, I hate to say it, on our societies,” said Brosnan. “And the games, which deal with killing, which our kids play these days have a strong, twisted effect,”
The 59 year-old actor said that he tries to protect his three sons (Sean, 29, Dylan, 16, and Paris, 12) from violent games.
“We don’t let those games in the house, but the boys do get them because they go to other kids’ homes.
Brosnan played the legendary spy in four films, racking-up a bodycount of 135 people throughout his time as the secret agent from 1995 to 2004.
“The kill ratio in movies is overwhelming and I never really took the violence in the Bond movies too seriously, the plot was not so real,” added Brosnan. “We are a violent race without question and now what we can do with computer graphics is terrifying.”
Brosnan also went on to describe the gun laws in the US as “absolutely crazy and out of control.”
Source: The Sun
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