Bland and needlessly retro 007 blancmange

Rating: 3/10 (21 November 2015)

Goodness me Sam Mendes, John Logan, Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli! What have you just done? Were the makers of CASINO ROYALE and SKYFALL kidnapped by the pod people and replaced with clones two years ago? Where on Earth did this lame, pale, boring, lifeless and unengaging film come from?
How did a group of world class filmmakers get to the point where they thought this a worthy successor of the aforementioned entries in the Bond series?
All the hard work done over the past few years to successfully reinvent the character of James Bond has been poured down the toilet to produce this lazily written action romp. The cast look bored, there is no chemistry, there is no peril. We just don't care. Someone has made the decision to reintroduce unwelcome Roger Moore era humour for no reason whatsoever. And let's not mention one of the most unexciting and overlong car chases ever.
This film is so frighteningly average, the more you deconstruct it in your head the worse it becomes. I can only think that the stratospheric box office receipts of SKYFALL have caused some kind of complacency over at EON. Guys, we know the last one did really well, but next time can you please at least try and make a GOOD movie?