Skyfall-The Real Bond is Back

Star Cast: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Lim Marlohe & Albert Finney.

Director: Sam Mendes.

Producer:  Michael G. Wilson & Barbar Broccoli.

Duration: 2 Hours & 23 Minutes.

If you intend to see the real and more humane bond then Skyfall is the movie to watch.

Skyfall starts with an amazing fight sequence where in the MI6 agent James Bond (Daniel Craig) is on a mission to recover the hard drive containing the details of all the Secret Agents who are working in various terror groups form an undisclosed organization working against MI6.

A miss hit from Bonds companion Eve Money Penny (Naomie Harris) makes Agent 007 fall in to the waters. MI6 declares Bond to be dead as his body could not be traced.

MI6 headed by M a.k.a Mom (Judi Dench) faces serious trouble from an undisclosed organization which is on a mission to fade out the traces of MI6. The fall of MI6 starts with a huge bomb blast in its head office.

Here comes a twist in the movie when bond returns defying death to save MI6 and several other secret agents whose life is at stake. M clears Bond, in spite of him being declared negative for any future missions and asks him continue his mission.

Bond in search of the undisclosed organization working against MI6 reaches Shanghai and counters the devil or the man from shadows-Raoul Silva a.k.a Tiago Rodriguez (Javier Bardem) an ex-MI6 agent.

What made Silva work against MI6 and will he succeed is the plot of the movie.

Coming to merits of the movie let me start with commending one man Sam Mendes for his new way of presenting the bond. Keeping the Bond legacy intact at the same time showing the bond in more real manner is a perfect blend. Sam Mendes has successfully done that. He believed in the showing bond as more real and it has just payed off.

Coming to individual performances, Daniel Craig just excelled in this movie. His performance was more calm yet more intense and powerful when compared to Casino Royale.

Coming to the real Trump card that did wonders for the movie is the role of Javier Bardem who literally lived in the Silva’s evil character. For me it was Javier Bardem who stole the show. At times you feel the tinge of Joker (from the Batman) in the role of Javier Bardem but this does not take anything away from him.

Lastly, to mention about the real bond girl Judi Dench who just did what she does best. Thanks to sam who elevated the role of M and made her indispensable and more relevant.

All in all watch Skyfall where in the Agent 007 just goes to back to his basics, be it a old model razor, vintage Aston Martin or the old style fighting with knifes, you will love it all.

To end this in the words of the bond “Some things I like the Old Way”.

Rating: 4/5