The Nadir of the James Bond Series

Rating: 4/10 (26 January 2016)

This film is just not what I want Bond to be. Like "Casino Royale," this is a lackluster film, but for totally different reasons.
Daniel Craig is once again more Bourne than Bond. This was a problem in "Casino Royale", and it is far, far more apparent here. Olga Kurylenko's Bond girl is so forgettable that I can barely remember her.
Dominic Greene is another dull villain. Mathieu Amalric is a good actor, but his character was so boring that it doesn't matter.
The action scenes are totally ruined by the "shaky-cam." Having the camera shaking and showing everything at weird angles whenever an action scene or car chase comes doesn't "get us in the action" by any means. If anything, it makes us dizzy and we can barely see what's going on. This didn't work in the "Bourne" movies, so why on Earth did they think it would work in Bond?
The story was also nothing special, and the film was too short. "Another Way To Die" is a good song, though, and we get to see Judi Dench again as M, which is always nice.
"Casino Royale" was a lackluster film buoyed by a few saving graces. This film doesn't have as many saving graces. It is the worst Bond film in the official series, and only marginally better than the horrid unofficial Bond film, "Never Say Never Again." This is simply an action film that happens to have Bond in it. Thankfully, the franchise would go right back on track with the next film.
RATING: D+