The baton has been safely handed on .

Rating: 8/10 (17 November 2006)

Good film! You've got to compare new Bonds with previous ones, it's the in the rules. Daniel Craig is like Connery at his most predatory, and I'd have to say there's more than a bit of Lazenby in there.
The story was set very much in the real world, where villains are money driven thugs or third world war lords, rather than the megalomaniac twisted geniuses with all that associated nonsense.
The violence is more real and ugly in places. The accompanying the cheesy one liners have been dispensed with.
There were more than a couple of nods to Bond tradition but the film didn't feel tied down by the expected content in a way some have.
All in all 8 out of 10 - Bond kicks Bourne's butt Oh and finally: To those advertiser who think I want to see Bond related product adverts, loaded with scenes from a film, the very same film, I'm sitting in a cinema waiting to watch...MAY YOU BURN IN HELL.