If Daniel Craig can play James Bond, so can Eddie Murphy

Rating: 1/10 (7 December 2006)

Well, normally I would offer a dissected analysis of a movie, but this is not a movie, it is a high budget school production, and deserves no critique at all. There were times when I was tempted to ask the theater for my money back!!
I mean, James Bond's first car in this movie is a Ford, the guy has no class - truthfully he is one of the most crass actors I have seen in a long time. I submit that Mike Myers in Austin powers played more true to the Bond character than Daniel Craig.
Daniel Craig......Hair plugs? Go buy a clue. And someone may want to point out to him that Bond is supposed to look good in a tux, and that a He-Man image is better suited to cartoons. Actually, just from the opening scene, I could tell that Daniel Craig was going to behave like an animal just let loose from his cage, and thats exactly the characteristic he maintained the entire duration of the movie.
In short, this is an extremely poor Americanised, commercialized exploit of a once spectacular series. The polished British charm, the wit, the sophistication and the essence of the suave British agent are lost upon Daniel Craig. These are concepts that are about as foreign to him as nuclear physics is to a grade 6 student! Both the Actor and the script lack dramatically in comparison to the predecessors in the series. You are better off taking your chances with the line-up on the evenings TV viewing - missing Daniel Craig's aged and haggard face on the big screen won't leave you feeling deprived of much.
Ex-Bond Fan