Agent ‘007’ undertakes an unofficial mission ordered by the late Lady ‘M’ before she died and foils plans of terror in Mexico City and blows a hole in a top criminal organization – ‘Spectre’ in the process. At the same time, Agent ‘C’ who heads the recently merged MI5 and MI6 programmes is trying to shut down the ‘00’ programme while also proposing a common surveillance and intelligence system for 9 countries. James Bond soon stumbles upon the what drives Spectre and it’s connect with C’s agenda only to find himself in familiar territory – trying to save the world from evil minds.
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Language:
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English
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Running Time:
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147 min
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Rating:
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U/A
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Release date:
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20 November 2015
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Directed by:
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Sam Mendes
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Produced by:
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Michael G. Wilson
Barbara Broccoli
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Written by:
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John Logan
Neal Purvis
Robert Wade
Jez Butterworth
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Based on:
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James Bond by
Ian Fleming
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Starring:
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Daniel Craig
Christoph Waltz
Léa Seydoux
Ben Whishaw
Naomie Harris
Dave Bautista
Monica Bellucci
Ralph Fiennes
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Music by:
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Thomas Newman
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Shot by:
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Hoyte van Hoytema
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Editing by:
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Lee Smith
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Distributed by:
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Columbia Pictures
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What’s Hot
- Daniel Craig pulls off yet another convincing Bond performance with this ultra-stylish poise and the trademark aggressive retorts. He also deviates from his usual playboy charades with other bond girls by adding a touch of personal emotions to his repertoire when he gets along with Léa Seydoux. Christopher Waltz reeks of menace with his uncanny calm dialogues to make good use of his limited screen time.
- A grand opening sequence and subsequent action sequences commanded equally diverse Cinematogaphy to multiply the magnitude of effectiveness. Hoyte van Hoytema manages to do just that with a great mix of aerial shots and intense coverage of the chase sequences like the one featuring superfast cars driven by Daniel Craig and Dave Bautista who go berserk in the streets of Rome.
- Definitely, the Stunts that flow in slightly elongated bursts keeps the audience in check. The opening sequence is one amongst the whole lot not to be missed for its sheer unreal quotient. The fixation with destructive ends to the stunts both aerial and on the ground is quite the attraction in Bond movies and this one complies as well.
What’s Not
- The writing fails to impart the requisite purpose for a Bond movie as the simplest way out is taken in every possible crossroad that James Bond faces, making it devoid of wow moments. The most appalling aspect is the unconvincingly depicted emotional connect between him and Madeleine and the interaction with White, which necessitates their relationship.
- We thought we could never say this about a Bond movie, yet the Climax was a misfit on multiple counts as it felt uninspiring, didn’t have an inch of grandeur, looked decades old conceptually – just plain disappointment to say the least as the adrenaline did not even peep out, forget rushing!
- Though Thomas Newman claims that 100 minutes of the movie are accompanied by his music, we didn’t find much to rave about it for it did had nothing new to offer and was nothing more than a mundane rehash of the previous Bond theme music for most of the action scenes.
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