Film: Spectre

GENRE: Action

RATING: PG-13 for violence, sensuality & language
RUNTIME: 2 hours and 28 minutes

STARRING: Daniel Craig (Skyfall, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds), Lea Seydoux (MI:3)

DIRECTOR: Sam Mendes (Skyfall, American Beauty)

WRITERS: Robert Wade & Neal Purvis (Casino Royale, Skyfall)

John Logan (Skyfall, Galdiator), Jez Butterworth (Edge of Tomorrow)

PLOT: Bond tries to uncover a secret organization and typical Bond stuff happens.

FIVE OBSERVATIONS:

1 In typical fashion, Bond starts off with a bang: a fun, minimal dialogue action sequence in Mexico. The Day of the Dead celebrations look interesting and crowded.

2 I agree with the critics, Craig looks a little bored with James Bond. It seems like he used to have more fun with his job.  

3 I love seeing Q and Moneypenny more. In earlier films, they maybe had a line or two, now they get to do some stuff. Fun times.

4 Andrew Scott, who plays Moriarty on BBC’s Sherlock, gets to be slimy again. He does it so well.

5 Waltz plays a fun Bond villain but I wish we had more scenes with him. Loved how everything got revealed though. Well played producers.  

RECOMMENDATION: Not as good as Skyfall, wait for DVD

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