Bond is back but not at his best

Rating: 7/10 (6 December 2015)

I have been a big fan of the James Bond films since I was a kid. I was impressed with Skyfall and from the trailers and the critic reviews I had high expectations for this film. However, overall this film didn't deliver for me. Let me start by saying the casting was top notch, Daniel Craig is a brilliant Bond, I liked Dave Batista and Christopher Schultz cast as the villains. The beginning of the film was very good, with Bond being a bit of a rebel and doing his own thing rather than listening to M. He then started to track down the people behind Spectre. The office scene with Dave Batista and Christopher Schultz was really good and reminded me of something that you would expect in a Sean Connery Bond film. He then escapes in a plausible way and the car chase scene is very good. So far so good. Then the film starts to go downhill. Won't go into too much detail so as to avoid spoilers, but rather than it being a great story the final third had the feel of an Austin Powers movie and seemed rushed.
Overall this is a good film and watchable, all I would say is don't expect too much as you may be like me and left a bit disappointed.