Any Bonds Today

Rating: 6/10 (19 July 2016)

It's taken me a while to get round to watching this, the genre is not really me, but when I was offered the DVD for the giveaway price of 39p it seemed churlish to refuse. I haven't read the book - like I said the genre is not one I can work up a sweat about - so I had no expectations to cause disappointment. After a slow start it picked up the tempo by the third reel, grabbed you by the throat and refused to let go. Albeit formulaic - the one about the fugitive who picks up an obligatory female companion to share his travails goes back at least as far as The Thirty- Nine Steps which is about as time-honoured as they come and Franka Potente is just far enough off the wall to be interesting. Certainly entertains for at least an initial viewing.