Bond goes backwards

Rating: 6/10 (7 November 2015)

I was really a fan of the Daniel Craig Bond movies until this one. They proceeded to improve with each outing. However, this is a call back to the Tim Dalton, Pierce Brosnan days and here's why. Though all the elements are here to make a dynamic Bond film, the arch nemesis, the cruel henchman, the high stakes, and the fantastic settings, each scene leads to continuous let down after let down. Everyone was just going through the paces in this flick. Daniel Craig gives an underwhelming performance, the writers take the easy way out of every corner, the call back to Bond's glory days are just tossed in without any real ties to the plot. When Bond goes to see Q, he leaves a bit let down, this is the way the viewer feels through the whole film. It was a good idea to try to tie the Daniel Craig series together with this last film, and it was poorly executed. Spectre is supposed to be an "all in" type of term for Bond, and here it could have been interchanged with "Ralph" or "hot dog", its meaningless. Sad to say that its time for another reboot.