The opening scene features Bond confronting an MI6 contact who’s been selling secrets, intercut with him in a fight to the death with a lackey. Although there was initially a backlash by some very vocal fans and critics many of those were silenced after they’d seen the film. A new actor was cast, the heavily bulked up Daniel Craig who differs from the literary description. The violence is more realistic with genuine threats and high stakes. James Bond became a more rounded character who changes and develops over the course of the film. The series breaks continuity by revisiting Bond’s early days as a Double-Oh agent whilst remaining the modern age. For the first time in a long time some bold choices were made.

When Pierce Brosnan left the role over the direction the movies were taking things were looking bleak.Įnter Martin Campbell, who’d already given the series a shot in the arm and a modern make-over with Goldeneye. In the modern error of ethical grey areas in world issues and more complex characters in fiction Bond was becoming antiquated. Audiences were becoming tired with the predictable formula, the ideas were started to run a little thin and, in order to over-compensate, they’ve been pushing the boundaries of plausibility and realism. By this stage of the franchise things were starting to get a bit…silly. Review: If you so much at glanced at the previous entry in this series of reviews you may have detected a mild dislike for Die Another Day. The plan is for Bond to defeat the terrorist at a high stakes poker game to trap him, but Bond finds that his new job carries a bigger price than he expected. Plot: When MI6 targets Le Chiffre – a personal banker for terrorists – and sends newly activated double-oh agent James Bond to bring him in.

Cast: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Dame Judi Dench, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffery Wright, Caterina Murino

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