Spectre lack the punch

Rating: 5/10 (29 December 2015)

Bond movies are synonymous with fancy guns, rather implausible gadgets,arrhythmia generating action and of course the piece de resistance 'the girls'. But we loved them, didn't we. Times are changing and so are the movies. Guns just shoot, gadgets which were missing earlier in Craigs edition do try to make a comeback in form of a customized Aston martin. The girls have sobered down and the action has become more realistic  sadly. Information accessible by todays mind boggling technology is the new weapon and the key to unlimited power and what better if the information is confined to the fiefdom of a few only to be distributed to many ,of course for a handsome sum. Well, that's sums up the movie in a nut shell. Bond (Daniel Craig) follows a cryptic message to Mexico and unearths a plot by a sinister organization called the spectre which is headed by bonds surrogate brother Blofeld (Christopher Waltz) who plans to maim the world through his global surveillance system. His mole a cocky 'C' (Andrew Scott) manages to unseat M (Ralph Fiennes) close the OO program and make the members of the strategic alliance to agree upon information sharing. Of course, to be finally accessed by Blofeld and to be shared with the world for a price. Of course ,no prizes for guessing, our protagonist eventually manages to foil his sinister plan aptly supported by Dr. Swan ( Lea Seudoux) , daughter of bonds nemesis Mr. White ,a part of spectre ,M, Q (Ben Winshaw) and Ms. Money penny ( Naomi Harris). Those craving for typical bond fanfare would be a tad disappointed. The action scenes though well executed lack the punch and great ingenuity including the opening helicopter fight which all look too predictable. The brief physical association between Lucia (Monica Belluci) fails to ignite any spark and she does look a bit jaded. The climax also seems to be contrived,hurried with our good guy blowing the villain's nest to smithereens just like that. And rather uninspiringly bond also manages to knock out the villain's' henchman Mr. Hinx (Dave Bautista) with a little help form Dr Swan. All in all a so so movie and watch if you must.