Spectre
James Bond continues his run of romance and foreign intrigue in this tense thriller that pits him against the global terrorist organization SPECTRE. Already battling political interference, MI6 and Bond must again take on their most implacable foe.
I would give this 3.7 out of 5 stars, the movie is 2 hours and 48 minutes
Movie #1090 "Spectre" is possibly the last Daniel Craig contribution to the James Bond oeuvre, and it's good. Not as good as Skyfall, to me, but still a nice possible ending for him, if it does end. This James Bond that D. Craig has been playing is fallible --- he can't seem to beat up the big guys or figure out how to do it; he pulls out an instrument that could possibly be used as a weapon, and it doesn't work; he gets his hair mussed up a bit; he just doesn't use women at his whim, but he actually falls in love... So in many ways, he is playing just one of many action figures that are out there in film land, but he still looks impeccably dressed throughout the film, he still has that love of cars and gadgets, he still has that sense of humor, and he still orders his drinks the same and says his name the same... We all know that if the evil guy is sinister enough and holds our interest, that's a big part of liking the particular bond film, and in this, Christoph Walz does a very good job. The opening sequence is well done (though a bit long, I felt) and the chase scenes are marvelous, sets are many (6 countries, I counted, which is low for this franchise), 150 plus stunt people were hired on for this film and they were amazing! And that's why I go to Bond films. To say, "how did he do that?" and you can do that a lot here, so go see it, if you are looking for a good film in the James Bond genre.
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