Average Bond Film...Nothing Spectacular

Rating: 7/10 (13 November 2012)

This film met my expectations, which are never high for 007 films. I expected some action, chase scenes, attractive women and plot twists. I also expected shallow characters and substandard story lines. What I didn't expect was such a slowly developing plot. After the opening chase scene, which is very exciting, the film flat lines for about 30 minutes. Then, we're not introduced to the antagonist until nearly an hour in to the film and his motivations are revealed even later than that. That makes for a difficult film to be drawn into. But script writing has never been the strength of the James Bond franchise. It's best to just sit back and enjoy watching things blow up. Fortunately, the climax of this film has a lot of that to offer.