An Unnecessary Addition to the Bond Series.

Rating: 5/10 (5 January 2016)

The shift towards continuing story-lines over several movies in a series of films is to be expected of Hollywood these days, especially in a series as well renowned as the 007 franchise. However what happened with Spectre is one of the worst cinematic entries in the entire Bond omnibus.
Daniel Craig, returns as the often times controversial and all around anti-hero spy James Bond. Notably; if you haven't seen Daniel as Bond in previous movies, then you have probably been living under a rock. He returns to his womanizing, and often violent ways in director Sam Mendes' return to the Bond Franchise. Several notable actors join the crew, to make what is probably not the most boring, nor the most nonsensical Bond. There are far worse in the series, believe me.
What makes this film such a blunder, is the forcible lack of any real story, character development, and unity to the rest of the series. There of course are several notable actions sequences, but mostly the film just falls flat, and forces the viewer to rely on previous information from the Daniel Craig series of Bond films. The enjoyment slowly leaks out of this film like hot air from a balloon, until all that is left is the weak and rubbery story that feels more thrown together at the last minute, than part of the long lasting Bond series.
Sadly, the opportunity was lost to add real depth and understanding to the utilitarian killer that is James Bond. I noticed that many viewers enjoyed the action, yet to be completely honest; the whole thing was underwhelming, nonsensical, and flat out boring in places.
5/10