More 00 than 7

Rating: 3/10 (19 December 2015)

The strong muscular performance we have come to expect of the new Bond's Aston Martin was one of the (few) highlights of this much anticipated and widely fawned over film. Others have written longer and accurately but in summary: Shockingly poor script Hackneyed, clunky and at times utterly ridiculous (even for a Bond) plot line; Back to stupid gimmicks and gadgets a la Brosnan; Even for a Bond film the crash and fight scenes snapped the elastic band suspending my disbelief; Appalling wimpy Bond Song which was an unmemorable mess but ultimately portentous of how messy the film would prove to be; The acting was fine by and large but irrelevant in the pee soup of the script/plot; Blofeld was the exception; totally cardboard rubbish. Sam Mendes should hang his head in shame for returning Bond to the mire from which Bond emerged so fabulously in Casino Royale. If this was the last Bond, Bond has gone out with a wimp(er) and if this is the future of Bond, please don't do any more and let us remember DC in Casino Royale as (probably) the best Bond ever. A hyped overblown travesty.