The Bond Identity

Rating: 3/10 (20 November 2008)

This isn't a Bond film.
No Q No Money Penny No gadgets No super car that shoots rockets, lasers, etc No cheesy puns or one liners
If this wasn't a Bond film I might have enjoyed it more, but I went into the cinema expecting to watch everyone's favourite British super spy seduce hot Bond babes, deliver some corny one liners after killing nameless henchmen, save the world and at the very least deliver his classic "Bond, James Bond" line.
This is an entertaining action flick, but it has absolutely nothing in common with the classic Bond films.
The opening title song is easily the worst ever, it's like a cross between rap and a kitten being thrown into a blender. The story is too dark and gritty and the movie takes it self far too seriously.
The direction was really bad in nearly all the action scenes. I can't see WTF is happening when you make 5 cuts in 1 second, seriously, hold the damn camera still so I can see what's happening and who's fighting who. There was one stage where Bond is fighting some guy and I lost track of who was who and couldn't even tell who was punching who until the fight ended.