Spanks – 5
Director – Sam Mendes
Writers – Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and John Logan
Starring – Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Marlohe, Albert Finney & Ben Whishaw
Release Date – 9 September 2012
MPAA Rating – PG-13
Run time – 143 Minutes
Skyfall is the 23rd James Bond film in its 50 year history and the third with Daniel Craig in the role of 007. The movie revolves around the British government’s hearings of MI6’s leader M and her ability to lead the department. It starts when a hard drive is stolen in Turkey that contains the identities of the undercover NATO agents. A few months later MI6 is bombed and in comes James Bond to investigate who is targeting MI6.
The film gets a little slow and boring after the prologue, but it picks up about half way through and never stops. The later part of the movie makes up for the slow beginning. The first half is like a normal Sam Mendes movie, it is plot and character development. The rest is when it turns into a Bond movie. The parts with the fights, chases, explosions, and guns.
If you are a fan of the Bond franchise, or just a fan of action movies or films with a good story then you will enjoy this movie. They even blow up a few miniature models instead of the go to CGI! That is something you don’t see much in Hollywood these days.