Post by Rob W. Case on Apr 4, 2016 19:47:50 GMT -6
Three years after the blockbuster hit “Skyfall,” James Bond finds himself in a world of troubles that affects him and his status as agent 007 in ways previously unimagined.
The Story:
The film begins in Mexico City, during “The Day of the Dead” festival, where James Bond (Daniel Craig) is tracking a man in a white suit named Marco Sciarra (Alessandro Cremona). While pursuing him, Bond overhears Sciarra and two other men discussing their plans to blow up a stadium. As Bond continues to listen in to the conversation, he hears details regarding someone known as “The Pale King.” The two men spot Bond, and shoot at him. Bond shoots back, and in the process, unwittingly blows up the bomb located in the room they are staying in. From there, Scairra barely gets away with his life. As Sciarra approaches a helicopter at his summons, Bond pursues him, which leads to an epic brawl inside the airborne helicopter, and leaves behind a mysterious ring that bears the symbol of an organization called Spectre. In the aftermath of this escapade and the significant damage that results from it, Bond, who had no official authorization to be in Mexico to cover this case, is reprimanded by M (Ralph Fiennes) and is grounded by him. To make sure Bond’s whereabouts are always traceable, M has Q (Ben Whishaw) inject Bond with a tracking device.
Meanwhile, while all of chaos of this incident endangers the existence of the MI6 agency, M soon learns that the agency is being eclipsed by the Joint Intelligence Service, a much larger, high-tech, global surveillance organization led by Max Denbigh (Andrew Scott), whom Bond calls “C”. C is trying to lead the effort to end once and for all the whole 00 program entirely.
Despite his orders to stand down, James Bond, honoring the final wishes of his former boss, leaves London and ends up in Rome, where he attends Sciarra’s funeral, and pursues his wife to question her about the criminal organization which bears the mysterious symbol of the ring he found. This leads Bond to a meeting led by a man in darkness (Christopher Walz), who mentions the Pale King, and who directly calls out James Bond from among those attending the meeting, which leads to a confrontation, an escape, and a hot pursuit. From there, Bond pursues The Pale King, who is really Mr. White (a man who was a part of the criminal organization Quantum in the previous Bond films Casino Royale and Quantum of Solance) who knows who the man is. Bond promises to protect White’s daughter Dr. Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux), who wants nothing to do with him, until he saves her life. Through Swann, Bond learns more about Spectre, and they sort of form a partnership that makes them an even more potent threat to the organization. From there, the film turns into a chase, capture, and kill mission to destroy James Bond, end his agency so he has nowhere to work from, and expand Spectre by controlling said agency. All in all, Bond has a ton on his plate, with no agency to back up his actions if he should slip, and the covert work and resources of his now former colleagues Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) and Q who are taking an incredible risk helping Bond independently.
My Take:
In my opinion, this is one of the best James Bond films with Daniel Craig to date. Like its predecessor Skyfall, there is so much going on in this movie that makes it engaging, suspenseful, fast moving, and smart.
The movie was Out of 4 starts, I have to give Spectre 3 stars.
Spectre is rated PG-13 and runs 2 hours and 30 minutes in length.
To view a trailer for the movie, please click on the link below.
Spectre is currently on DVD/Blu ray, and is available to rent at Redbox kiosk machines everywhere.
The Story:
The film begins in Mexico City, during “The Day of the Dead” festival, where James Bond (Daniel Craig) is tracking a man in a white suit named Marco Sciarra (Alessandro Cremona). While pursuing him, Bond overhears Sciarra and two other men discussing their plans to blow up a stadium. As Bond continues to listen in to the conversation, he hears details regarding someone known as “The Pale King.” The two men spot Bond, and shoot at him. Bond shoots back, and in the process, unwittingly blows up the bomb located in the room they are staying in. From there, Scairra barely gets away with his life. As Sciarra approaches a helicopter at his summons, Bond pursues him, which leads to an epic brawl inside the airborne helicopter, and leaves behind a mysterious ring that bears the symbol of an organization called Spectre. In the aftermath of this escapade and the significant damage that results from it, Bond, who had no official authorization to be in Mexico to cover this case, is reprimanded by M (Ralph Fiennes) and is grounded by him. To make sure Bond’s whereabouts are always traceable, M has Q (Ben Whishaw) inject Bond with a tracking device.
Meanwhile, while all of chaos of this incident endangers the existence of the MI6 agency, M soon learns that the agency is being eclipsed by the Joint Intelligence Service, a much larger, high-tech, global surveillance organization led by Max Denbigh (Andrew Scott), whom Bond calls “C”. C is trying to lead the effort to end once and for all the whole 00 program entirely.
Despite his orders to stand down, James Bond, honoring the final wishes of his former boss, leaves London and ends up in Rome, where he attends Sciarra’s funeral, and pursues his wife to question her about the criminal organization which bears the mysterious symbol of the ring he found. This leads Bond to a meeting led by a man in darkness (Christopher Walz), who mentions the Pale King, and who directly calls out James Bond from among those attending the meeting, which leads to a confrontation, an escape, and a hot pursuit. From there, Bond pursues The Pale King, who is really Mr. White (a man who was a part of the criminal organization Quantum in the previous Bond films Casino Royale and Quantum of Solance) who knows who the man is. Bond promises to protect White’s daughter Dr. Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux), who wants nothing to do with him, until he saves her life. Through Swann, Bond learns more about Spectre, and they sort of form a partnership that makes them an even more potent threat to the organization. From there, the film turns into a chase, capture, and kill mission to destroy James Bond, end his agency so he has nowhere to work from, and expand Spectre by controlling said agency. All in all, Bond has a ton on his plate, with no agency to back up his actions if he should slip, and the covert work and resources of his now former colleagues Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) and Q who are taking an incredible risk helping Bond independently.
My Take:
In my opinion, this is one of the best James Bond films with Daniel Craig to date. Like its predecessor Skyfall, there is so much going on in this movie that makes it engaging, suspenseful, fast moving, and smart.
The movie was Out of 4 starts, I have to give Spectre 3 stars.
Spectre is rated PG-13 and runs 2 hours and 30 minutes in length.
To view a trailer for the movie, please click on the link below.
Spectre is currently on DVD/Blu ray, and is available to rent at Redbox kiosk machines everywhere.