Most people like their heroes to be heroes, not has-beens

Rating: 5/10 (15 November 2012)

I will say at the outset that I was disappointed with this latest Bond offering. I watch around 10 movies a week and have seen every Bond movie in the cinema since No1. For most of the movie Bond plays a less than adequate has-been spy, failing at almost every task, being beaten in almost every tussle. OK so he comes good in the end, despite his proved unworthiness in the fit-for-duty tests. On top of this there were many mistakes including crashing rush hour trains with no one on board, grenades exploding in a dining room without disturbing rows of neatly aligned chairs and a swim in a sub zero lake that would have rendered any human being dead in around 4 minutes. But, for all that, it was entertaining, which is all a movie has to be. Thankfully here in Turkey, a visit to the cinema cost me just $5, so I can't say it wasn't worth the money.