Action packed typical Bond

Rating: 7/10 (12 December 2015)

This is a Bond movie so you know what to expect. Jam packed with action scenes from car chases, planes, you name it. It's all here. Maybe not so many clever gadgets but fun all the same. Daniel Craig doesn't so much Act as smoulder. However he is hard to look away from. He is a perfect Bond. Masculine, sexy, mysterious, sexist yet respectful in a skewered way. The story line is comic book like. Reality, along with the laws of physics, has to be checked at the door as you enter. If you enter into the spirit, it is fun to watch.
Clothes, cars, sets, scenery etc are glorious with the highest production values. Q was particularly good, though in my view the 'Bond Girl' disappointed. There was no chemistry between them,while the coupling with the earlier glamorous but mature widow, was clumsy and rather distasteful. The story itself is thin and there is nothing really to hook you. It is not as good as some earlier Bonds. It is a watchable, rather overlong, glossy , run of the mill Bond movie but lifted to a 7 because of Daniel Craig, Q and the fabulous production values.