Bond is Re-Born! Excellent. Breath-taking.

Rating: 9/10 (16 November 2006)

I went into this film expecting to be disappointed. I thought - what's left to do in a Bond film and after the last Bond film I thought the genre was dead (ridiculous CGI let-down). I also felt the trailer gave me the impression that the film was going to formulaic. How wrong was I. This as they say, is the authentic Bond - which in itself is ironically the twist. I don't think even the Connery films were as dark or convincing as this (in their time). This Bond really is 'not a nice guy' - honestly - how could he be? Real espionage is unpleasant and this new/ real Bond is almost as unpleasant as the bad guys. This is just what the Bond franchise needed to survive - a real good 'kick up the ****'. I think I actually want to own the DVD.....