Decent, not great. A forgettable Bond movie.

Rating: 5/10 (26 November 2006)

Decent, not great. A forgettable Bond movie.
I like the premise: Bond is an agent who has just been granted double-O status (license to kill). But the movie doesn't follow through well enough on the premise.
Plenty of action. But the opening scene doesn't follow well in the tradition of dramatic Bond opening scenes.
Not enough humor. But I did like the scene where Bond was tortured.
Not enough cool gadgets. I know the actor who played Q has passed away, but why not find another actor to show Bond all his gadgets?
I found it hard to care much about either the good guys or the bad guys.