James Bond at his most vulnerable

Rating: 9/10 (18 June 2020)

Skyfall centers on an Bond's investigation into an attack on MI6 which customarily, takes him to exotic locations where he meets women (of course) and villains (of course). Where this movie diverges from the run of the mill shoot em up, take the girl, kind of Bond movies is how personal this plot feels for James. Not only is there an attack on his organization, but M is expressly implicated and therefore he as well. Director Sam Mendes also explores Bond's backstory more so than in other films such as where he grew up and what happened to his parents. All in all, Skyfall gives you the violence, but it's not meaningless.