Bond Resurrected, Awaiting Verdict Though

Rating: 8/10 (20 November 2006)

What this movie is not, it is not an overhaul of the franchise, but an attempt to bring back to the fore the real Bond from the books. It took awhile to warm up to Daniel Craig, but by the end he epitomizes Bond very well.There are Bonds and then there are Bonds, this one is a different cut of Bond.If Pierce Brosnan was a natural debonair, Daniel Craig is a ruggedly suave version of the same, while Brosnan's Bond was a poor runner, poor on action and poor on stunts, Craig's Bond makes up for all these and then some.
The first chase scene in Madagascar was just too incredulous to be believable, but that is the only major lapse in logic I found throughout the movie which went from strength to strength from then on. After a whirlwind run through the Caribbean and the USA, the movie settles on its main story, the card game in Montenegro, which plays out extremely well, with surprises popping out in every turn. Overall this is a great movie, Daniel Craig, for all the crow he received, comes out blazing,he plays Bond fast, aggressive and hard.The movie shows Bond maturing from one with a heart to an icy cold killer. Since this is the newest incarnation of the secret agent,grand laurels need to wait until after the next few to see if he really bites into the role of Bond with his teeth.