Fifty years in, it’s safe to say that the James Bond franchise has been a fun but very mixed bag. Indeed, you only have to look at the past two films to see how drastically these movies can vary in quality; Casino Royale – stylish, dramatic and loaded with action – reinvigorated the character and brought him racing into the twenty-first century, only for him to flounder just two years later in the nigh unwatchable Quantum of Solace. Skyfall is the twenty-third in the series, the third to star Daniel Craig, and absolutely delivers on many of the signature Bond elements – great action, witty rejoinders and a classic, scenery-chewing villain – that audiences have come to expect. Sadly, it also suffers from unconvincing plotting and a third act so bad it brings the roof of the whole endeavour caving in.
Whereas Quantum of Solace served as a sequel to Casino Royale, Bond 23 is a standalone adventure, one that starts with a bang on the streets and rooftops of Istanbul with 007 in hot pursuit of a suspect who’s stolen a hard-drive that’s vital to Britain’s security. Unfortunately the thief eludes capture, which is especially bad news for Bond’s boss ‘M’ (Judi Dench), whose government superior (Ralph Fiennes; Harry Potter) wants to force her into early retirement – particularly when the thief’s employer, a mysterious cyber-terrorist with connections to M’s past, launches an attack on MI6 headquarters. But M isn’t going down without a fight, and so sends Bond to track down their new enemy before he can strike at them again.
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