Post by Rob W. Case on Mar 20, 2013 21:59:42 GMT -6
Daniel Craig once again stars as the legendary James Bond in the latest 007 adventure, “Skyfall.”
While on a mission to retrieve a hard drive that contains within it the identity of nearly every NATO agent implanted within terrorist organizations around the world, the mission goes bad, leaving one close MI6 agent badly hurt, and leading to James Bond getting shot by accident. Meanwhile, M (Judi Dench) is called to meet with the Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), who, due to the mishandling of the mission, thinks M should retire. Determined to quit “when the job is done,” and when it is thought that things couldn’t get worse, M’s office is blown up, and the agency is hacked. The story then leads to a former MI6 agent named Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem), whom M betrayed years ago in a mission and was left to fend for himself. Determined to get revenge, Silva tries to get Bond to join him, and one way he plans on doing this is by pointing out many of the similarities between M’s betrayal of him to M’s betrayal of Bond to try and shake his loyalty and trust in M. And so, amidst a reputable organization at risk, loyalties called into question, and fierce confrontations on the horizon, events build up and lead to a climax of epic proportions that will forever shake the James Bond franchise, never to return to the way things were before.
This, in my opinion, is the best James Bond film since “Casino Royale” and, I think, one of the best Bond movies to date. Not only did the buildup of the events within the story maintain my interest for the rest of the film, but the growing ferocity of the main villain was so suspenseful, that, for a moment, you were unsure how it was all going to turn out. I like movies that can do that.
Out of 4 stars, I give Skyfall 4 stars.
The film is rated PG-13 and runs 2 hours and 23 minutes.
To view a trailer for this movie, please click HERE.
This movie is currently on Blu-Ray/DVD and is available to rent at your local video store and Redbox kiosk machines.
While on a mission to retrieve a hard drive that contains within it the identity of nearly every NATO agent implanted within terrorist organizations around the world, the mission goes bad, leaving one close MI6 agent badly hurt, and leading to James Bond getting shot by accident. Meanwhile, M (Judi Dench) is called to meet with the Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), who, due to the mishandling of the mission, thinks M should retire. Determined to quit “when the job is done,” and when it is thought that things couldn’t get worse, M’s office is blown up, and the agency is hacked. The story then leads to a former MI6 agent named Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem), whom M betrayed years ago in a mission and was left to fend for himself. Determined to get revenge, Silva tries to get Bond to join him, and one way he plans on doing this is by pointing out many of the similarities between M’s betrayal of him to M’s betrayal of Bond to try and shake his loyalty and trust in M. And so, amidst a reputable organization at risk, loyalties called into question, and fierce confrontations on the horizon, events build up and lead to a climax of epic proportions that will forever shake the James Bond franchise, never to return to the way things were before.
This, in my opinion, is the best James Bond film since “Casino Royale” and, I think, one of the best Bond movies to date. Not only did the buildup of the events within the story maintain my interest for the rest of the film, but the growing ferocity of the main villain was so suspenseful, that, for a moment, you were unsure how it was all going to turn out. I like movies that can do that.
Out of 4 stars, I give Skyfall 4 stars.
The film is rated PG-13 and runs 2 hours and 23 minutes.
To view a trailer for this movie, please click HERE.
This movie is currently on Blu-Ray/DVD and is available to rent at your local video store and Redbox kiosk machines.