Before you watch this ...

Rating: 6/10 (17 April 2020)

... make sure you have recently watched Casino Royale. I saw this movie in the theater, over two years after I saw Casino Royale, expecting to see a regular Bond movie, and it was not. Bond movies are stand alone movies. This one is not. Much of what happened in Casino Royale is relevant to this movie, and several characters from Casino Royale also appear in this movie making it difficult to understand the rapport Bond has with them if Casino Royale is not fresh in your mind. I watched it again, eleven years later, but right after I had watched Casino Royale, and the movie worked better and the confusing dialogue made more sense. Nowhere near the best Bond movie, but a good sequel to Casino Royale.