Spectre (2015)
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 148m
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Monica Bellucci, Andrew Scott
Synopsis:
Bond continues to pursue the authors of his pain, even while being grounded by M, and uncovers an organisation bent on global domination through surveillance and terrorism. Meanwhile, MI6 finds itself the target of government meddling when its methods are considered outmoded for the 21st century.
Review:
The continued modernisation of Bond, and the fulfilment of the Craig quartet of features, is a satisfying scenario in its own right to surpass anything gone before it. Admittedly its achievements owe more than a little to the Bourne franchise, but Mendes's packaging is quite different, matching the sleekest of his predecessors for glamour and the orchestration of set pieces (the opening sequence shot is a case in point). Meanwhile Craig continues to mine ruggedness and ruthlessness at the expense of the bon viveur given to one-liners. With a villainous master stroke to leave us with the tantalising possibility of yet more to come, this is the best Bond since Goldfinger, a debt acknowledged in that old (and new) Aston Martin.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 148m
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Monica Bellucci, Andrew Scott
Synopsis:
Bond continues to pursue the authors of his pain, even while being grounded by M, and uncovers an organisation bent on global domination through surveillance and terrorism. Meanwhile, MI6 finds itself the target of government meddling when its methods are considered outmoded for the 21st century.
Review:
The continued modernisation of Bond, and the fulfilment of the Craig quartet of features, is a satisfying scenario in its own right to surpass anything gone before it. Admittedly its achievements owe more than a little to the Bourne franchise, but Mendes's packaging is quite different, matching the sleekest of his predecessors for glamour and the orchestration of set pieces (the opening sequence shot is a case in point). Meanwhile Craig continues to mine ruggedness and ruthlessness at the expense of the bon viveur given to one-liners. With a villainous master stroke to leave us with the tantalising possibility of yet more to come, this is the best Bond since Goldfinger, a debt acknowledged in that old (and new) Aston Martin.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 148m
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Monica Bellucci, Andrew Scott
Synopsis:
Bond continues to pursue the authors of his pain, even while being grounded by M, and uncovers an organisation bent on global domination through surveillance and terrorism. Meanwhile, MI6 finds itself the target of government meddling when its methods are considered outmoded for the 21st century.
Review:
The continued modernisation of Bond, and the fulfilment of the Craig quartet of features, is a satisfying scenario in its own right to surpass anything gone before it. Admittedly its achievements owe more than a little to the Bourne franchise, but Mendes's packaging is quite different, matching the sleekest of his predecessors for glamour and the orchestration of set pieces (the opening sequence shot is a case in point). Meanwhile Craig continues to mine ruggedness and ruthlessness at the expense of the bon viveur given to one-liners. With a villainous master stroke to leave us with the tantalising possibility of yet more to come, this is the best Bond since Goldfinger, a debt acknowledged in that old (and new) Aston Martin.