In 2006, the James Bond franchise finally brought a gritty and smart film to contrast with the jolly mayhem and silly one-liners of previous installments.
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The iconic film collection is just as famous for its cars as the womanising MI6 officer at the centre of each action-packed movie.
A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond (Daniel Craig) on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci), the attractive and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal. Bond discovers Spectre’s plans and learns that it’s run by Franz Oberhauser, the son of the man who adopted him.
Purists will surely lap it up, but those who’ve come to embrace the millennial Bond who first made a stirring appearance in “Casino Royale” will no doubt be royally disappointed.
After an exhilarating fight sequence between 007 and an assassin aboard a helicopter, the film transitions into the opening titles, featuring the Sam Smith song “Writing’s on the Wall”.
Despite its global success, it has yet to match its predecessor Skyfall.
This isn’t bad at all, although it throws under most predictions (BOP was, I think, the closest at $74 million). I always enjoy Bond for the action, but once again as was the case with the last three films; most of the action is achieved with physical effects and it shows. At the same time, the newly appointed C (“Sherlock’s” Andrew Scott) is looking to make M (very traditionally assumed by Ralph Fiennes), Bond and the whole Double-0 section obsolete with a technologically advanced security monitoring system.
As well fitting, in fact, as Daniel Craig’s exquisitely tailored suits.
The action pieces are numerous and for the most part are in the true vein of Bond.
“Spectre”, the 24th James Bond film, produced by Albert R Broccolis EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures Entertainment, is set for release in India on November 20 in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
Also-and this is a rather unusual observation but I’m going to just put it out there-he looks totally gross when he’s kissing women in this movie.
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In a role that will go down as one of the best Bond villains, Christoph Waltz knocks it out of the park.
