The best Bond in over 30 years

Rating: 8/10 (23 February 2007)

This is the back to real thing - but the real thing for the new millennium.
This bond is where everyone involved took a long hard look at where the franchise was and reinvented the genre in the right way. Edgy and character driven this Bond is most satisfying.
Full credit must be given to the producers for letting go of so many ham-fisted clichés that had marred Bond movies for the last two decades.
A few traditional 'Bond' moments have been left in - some are there simply to keep the audience in touch with the Bond character and are superbly handled, other moments are a bit mother-and-child like, i.e. just not quite prepared to let go of a formula that has breast-fed the franchise so well - however none of these lapses are overly detrimental and the end result is a solid two hours entertainment.
See it twice to truly appreciate the overhaul.