IF YOU’RE GONNA GO OUT, GO OUT WITH A BANG, AND THAT’S JUST WHAT DANIEL CRAIG DOES IN THE NEW JAMES BOND MOVIE, NO TIME TO DIE, WHICH IS IN THEATERS NOW… IN THE MOVIE, BOND IS RETIRED IN PARADISE WHEN AN OLD FRIEND FROM THE CIA REACHES OUT TO HIM BECAUSE HE NEEDS SOME HELP… AN OLD TERRORIST ORGANIZATION - SPECTRE - IS BACK AND BOND KNOWS THEM BETTER THAN MOST… SO BOND COMES OUT OF RETIREMENT FOR ONE LAST MISSION… WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE RIPPED OUT OF THE HEADLINES TODAY… THINK… SUPERVIRUS…
…. RAMI MALIK PLAYS THE VILLAIN IN THE MOVIE AND HE’S JUST EXCELLENT AND WE LEARN A FEW SURPRISES ABOUT BOND WE DIDN’T KNOW UP TO THIS POINT, TOO… OH AND WE MEET A NEW 007, TOO… PLAYED BY LASHANA LYNCH AND SHE’S PRETTY SPECTACULAR!
NOW, I WILL SAY THIS, IT’S LONG… TWO HOURS AND CHANGE AND I COUNTED 40 MINUTES OF PREVIEWS AND… THERE ARE PARTS OF THE MOVIE WHICH DRAG FOR WHATEVER REASON… AND THAT BUGGED ME…. BUT OVERALL, I’LL GIVE THE MOVIE TWO MARTINIS OUT OF THREE… SHAKEN AND NOT STIRRED… IF IT MOVED AS FAST AS SOME OF THE ACTION SCENES DID, IT WOULD HAVE SCORED THREE MARTINIS…
GO SEE IT. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A FAN OF BOND…