The counter to this though, is Seydoux’s ( The Lobster) Dr Madeleine Swann, who in a lot of ways appears to be a refreshing anti-Bond girl: unwilling to be ordered around by Bond without question or allowing herself to be easily seduced by his charms. It’s also worth noting that Monica Bellucci’s ( Ville-Marie) appearance is rather underwhelming as a Bond girl, appearing for only a few scenes towards the start of the film before being forgotten about soon after.
Bond gets to have his martini, walk away suavely as things explode in the background, and then sleep with beautiful women, yet all of these moments have this underlying feeling that we’re simply ticking them off a list, rather than finding them naturally inherent to the plot. The film sets out to deliver on two distinct points: hitting all the necessary Bond beats and attempting to tie previous films together into one sprawling narrative, which it simultaneously succeeds at, and also slightly falls short of. Meanwhile, M fights to retain control of Mi6, which now falls under the control of C (Andrew Scott) who plans to create a multi-national intelligence network using an extensive surveillance system that would also effectively end the ‘00’ program in the process. After having chased down and rescued the daughter (Léa Seydoux) of a former member of the Spectre controlled Quantam, and with the help of Mi6 quartermaster, Q (Ben Whishaw), and M’s assistant, Money Penny (Naomie Harris), Bond is able to finally track down the Spectre leader (Christopher Waltz), although he soon learns that the two share a tangled dark past.
While being rumoured to be Craig’s last outing in the tuxedo, the film has the rather tough job of trailing behind one of the most well received Bond films in recent decades, if not ever, and it’s a daunting task that seems almost evident in the construction of the film.Īfter Bond (Craig) returns from foiling a planned terrorist attack in Mexico that was off the books, M (Ralph Fiennes) takes the agent off active field duty leaving him to investigate the mysterious Spectre crime organisation on his own. As a follow-up to 2012’s Academy Award-winning Skyfall, both director, Sam Mendes ( Revolutionary Road), and Bond himself, Daniel Craig ( The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), return for the 24 th installment of the Bond series: Spectre.
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