No middle way - you will love or hate this film

Rating: 10/10 (3 January 2016)

And I absolutely loved it.
It is VERY violent. A scene in which dozens of people's heads explode to Land of Hope and Glory, with fireworks thrown in was both a high point and pretty typical of the humour involved. If you would find that distasteful then watch something else. Otherwise... its great.
And actually its really not that gory. Yes, people explode, are shot, sliced in half etc. but there is actually very, very little blood - so it is actually fantasy. The violence is cartoon violence. Think Tom & Jerry.
But leave that aside - the story is brilliant. As others have said, this is how James Bond SHOULD be. Gadgets and gizmos, jokes and one- liners, twinkles in the eye, good guys and bad. But it also undermines the type in so many fun ways.
All action, the near two hours flew by.
I was left wanting more - but PLEASE let there be no sequel. No way a second film could be as good as this.