An Excellent Series Revivial

Rating: Null/10 (18 December 2006)

After three big letdowns (Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough, Die Another Day), James Bond is back in full swing. Daniel Craig is a near-perfect 007. His smoldering and haunted performance returns Bond as a serious action hero reminiscent of the legendary Timothy Dalton. No longer plagued with convenient gadgets, inane comedy, and over-the-top story lines, director Martin Campbell goes back to basics, and it pays off. Now that they're reviving the series for the new millennium, Bond isn't quite as skilled or well-equipped as he was during the Brosnan era. This makes for some interesting and suspenseful action scenes, especially the early parkour chase sequence in Madagascar. The movie's only discernible flaw is the forgettable and boring opening song from Chris Cornell. After more than forty years, "nobody does it better" than Bond.