Completely blown away

Rating: 9/10 (5 November 2015)

Despite the fact that it was a 1205am show in Dubai, I still managed to hold myself to watching the first show. Honestly, I was not disappointed and enjoyed the movie from start to finish. The only area for improvement however could be the length. At a running time of more than 2 hours, for the gritty drama it is, it seems a little long.
Coming to the plot itself, Bond goes on an unsanctioned mission in Mexico wherein he ends up causing a lot of mayhem for achieving an objective that is not really clear to start with. He gets lambasted by M and who in turn asks him to keep a low profile and stay out of the glare. But, Bond continues to investigate something ... something to do with his background and roots.
One incident leads to another along with addition of new characters that builds on the plot. At the same time, MI6 is under vicious attack by a combination of internal and external factors that threatens its existence itself. Q, M, Moneypenny and BOnd have to come together to fight these forces and emerge victorious. And they manage to do a very good job.
I do not think that it is fair for me to say anything more on the plot without revealing spoilers. What I can say is that"
* It manages to intelligently connect Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace and Skyfall with Spectre * The iconic Erns Stavro Blofeld returns with a mysterious link to Bond's past * The quality of punch in dialogues, which was so missing in Skyfall comes out pretty strong. I see good work on that front.
Also, they have given enough indicators in the movie to suggest that this may be Craig's last sojourn as a Bond. I would like to see him in more because he has rebooted Bond in the best way possible.