Sloppy Clone

Rating: 6/10 (14 November 2015)

Spectre is riding more on hype and the ongoing Bond mystique than on actual ability.
The plot does have some interesting nuances and twists, but the handling seems not to capitalise on these and one soon gets the feeling of a film that's going on for too long imitating almost any other contemporary action flick (Jason Bourne springs to mind).
Also, for a highly trained top agent, Bond is simply and unbelievably sloppy.
After a protracted and unbelievable chase sequence in the European Alps, Bond (as expected) manages to rescue the damsel in distress but fails to check if all of her kidnappers are either dead or have no easy access to arms. The fact that Mr Hinx is seen coming back to consciousness and reaching for a gun could well have spelled the end of 007 then but he blacks out, leaving Bond to fight another day.
That same sloppiness is also to be found elsewhere in the film.
In the destruction of Blofeld's complex in the middle of the African desert, one can easily see cars escaping the blaze as Bond pilots a chopper to escape to safety. So why did he not tail the escaping cars to check if Blofeld had somehow manage to survive the blast? Also, in the final fight sequence where Blofeld flees across London in a helicopter, Bond (suspend your belief here)manages to fell it by aiming his handgun from a speedboat riding roughshod on the Thames and an injured Blofeld crawls out to be confronted by Bond. Our hero refuses to end Blofeld's life there and then by squeezing his trigger, but turns his back on him after muttering that he has better things to do. Again, no check to see if Blofeld is armed! Very, very sloppy! Overall, Spectre is still a good movie but definitely not one of the great Bonds.