I
been waiting for the next James Bond movie since I saw James Bond Will Return in
the closing credits at the end of Skyfall,
the last Bond movie in 2012.
Spectre was worth the wait
as Daniel Craig returns as superspy “007”
James Bond. He just fits the part, there is focus and determination with him in
every movie.
Sam
Mendes who directed Skyfall returns
as director. Mendes is the perfect storyteller for the continuing story of
Craig’s James Bond. He takes the time to tell the story which is filled with
references and back stories involving the Bond character.
The
fun part of going to a Bond movie is that I know exactly what I am going get in
the movie such as lots of action, jaw dropping stunts, interesting locations
and beautiful women. Spectre delivers
on all fronts.
The
storyline begins with the assassin named Marco Sciarra who was meeting with
some people in the hotel room in Mexico City. Their plan is to blow up a
stadium full of people. Bond tracks them
down and starts firing bullets in the room from an adjacent building rooftop.
One of Bond’s bullet hits the the bomb and blows up the room which starts the
building to collapse towards Bond. It is
an awesome visual stunt. You think that Bond is going to be crushed, but he
lands on his seat literally.
Sciarra
escapes blast and is on the run with Bond in pursuit. He makes to a helicopter
and flies off, but in true Bond fashion, Bond jumps onto the copter. Bond and
Sciarra fight. As Bond is throwing
Sciarra off the helicopter. He takes Sciarra’s octopus ring.
Later,
we find out that Bond’s Mexico City assignment was not sanctioned by the
agency. M played by Ralph Fiennes takes Bond off of active duty.
In
another plot line, there is a power struggle going on between MI5 and MI6. C,
the head of MI6 is creating an intelligence agreement between nine countries.
He wants to shut down the “00“which Bond is a part of.
Bond
feels that there is more to Sciarra than just blowing up a stadium. He disobeys
M and travels to Rome to attend Sciarra’s funeral, where he meets his widow,
Lucia played by Monica Bellucci. Later that evening, there is an attempt on
Lucia's life, Bond comes to the rescue and saves her life.
In
return, she tells him of the criminal organization to which her husband
belonged to. She tells Bond that they are meeting that night. Bond enters the
meeting by showing the ring that he took from Sciarra.
As
the meeting continues, the head of the organization mentions the incident in
Mexico City and then Bond by name and welcomes him to the meeting. Bond takes
off running and gets into the cool bulletproof Astro Martin in the parking lot.
Of
course, there is a great car chase scene. Hinx, an assassin played by Dave
Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy) for the organization is in hot pursuit after
Bond.
Later,
we find out the crime organization is called Spectre.
The
villain is such an important part of a Bond film. Christoph Waltz as Ernst
Stavro Blofeld, the mastermind behind Spectre is very chilling in the role.
Spectre has been mentioned in other Bond films like 1971’s Diamonds Are
Forever.”
Blofeld
and Bond have a history link which made the plot line for Spectre more interesting.
Another
thing I enjoyed about the movie was that there were plot points from previous
Bond movies including Mr. White and the other villains being linked to Spectre.
I
love that Naomie Harris is back as Miss. Moneypenny as she showed tremendous
loyalty to Bond. Ben Whishaw as Q provided some cool gadgets for Bond and was
out in the field as well as in the lab.
Spectre works on its own
as the other Craig’s James Bond movies laid the groundwork for this movie.
As
the movie crowd left, I stayed to see the final credits say “James Bond Will
Return.” I can’t wait. I am still humming the James Bond theme song.
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