Good but flawed

Rating: 7/10 (16 February 2013)

I really feel this is a great bond film, definitely as good as Casino Royale.
While not a fan of Quantum of Solace, this Bond flick was entertaining and enjoyable. Javier B, man, what a talent. Loved him in No Country for Old Men, and now this as Tiago Rodriguez. He has a knack for playing Psychopaths. It can lead to stereotyping, but damn he masters it so well.
Craig, doing his bond thing. I have said he is the best bond since Connery and that still holds true.
Sam Mendes, the talent behind the camera gives us an action packed edge of your seat ride that makes you want to hit the play button again and again. However, the scrip truly needed some work because while the storyline of MI6 losing sensitive data, and being smart enough to find the person responsible... they don't seem to be very intelligent in figuring out their "supposedly dead" secret agent is still alive. FAIL. Or the fact the get the man responsible, who is known to have hacked MI6 and just get into his PC without any caution to the wind.
Fix those element in the story and you would have a near perfect film, but that is my biggest gripe with it, for an agency whose sole job is intelligence they sure do not have any.
Otherwise check it out, worth the 2.5 hours of viewing.