Rating:
10 out of 10, Everyone knows this is Daniel Craig’s last foray as James Bond
and it was a well-earned, epic send off. Craig’s Bond was always told on a more
personal level and this final movie completes the arc that started with Casino
Royale. Bond is led to question everyone in his life as he moves around the globe
trying to unravel an insidious plot involving old friend Blofeld as well as his
lady love. It is a very good story and I hardly noticed the nearly three hour
running time because, in typical 007 fashion, you literally are only a
heartbeat away from the next stunning action sequence. It does raise the
interesting question about how many times a guy can get nearly blown up without
becoming a vegetable. I know we’re talking James Bond here but it’s good this
was his last movie because we’re talking mouth drooling PTSD if not. There are
some kick ass ladies who no longer serve as just window dressing in Bond
movies. They are led by Ana De Armas who’s only on screen for a short time but
dominates. Every plot thread from Craig’s story line is neatly and usually fatally
tied off and there are some genuinely poignant odes to earlier movies,
including predating Craig’s tenure. The only downer and it wasn’t a big one was
the villain. Rami Malek plays the reptilian megalomaniac with too much nuance,
if that’s even possible. He gets kind of lost in the maelstrom of action and
explosions as the movie careens towards the inevitable good bye. A great movie
bringing all you expect from a Bond movie, raising the level and injecting more
heart than has ever been permitted.
MVP:
Craig in his swan song as 007, well done
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