Blah Bond

Rating: 4/10 (20 November 2006)

I can't say this was a bad movie, it wasn't, but as a James Bond movie I really felt it failed miserably. It seems like an attempt to Americanize and dumb down the character (and the movie.) Somewhere between XXX and Jason Bourne it was a decent action movie, but totally hollow when compared to an established Bond character. I would even be willing to buy into this movie as a study in the evolution of the character but it didn't even do that well. Villain - poor, love interest - poor, plot as presented - poor, ability to care about ANY of the characters - poor. The only character I got remotely excited about was one of the cars and that was incredibly brief. I think the 'Bourne' movies do a much better job making this type of movie and that character has twice the panache of this 'Bond.'