Skyfall Review

Release Date: 26 October 2012

Age Certificate: 12A

Running Time: 143 mins

Director: Sam Mendes

Writers: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan

Stars: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem and Judi Dench

Bond is back with a bang. Skyfall needed to wash the minds of the public from the abomination, Quantum of Solace. Skyfall stood taller than my expectations; I was so delighted to sit through the 2hours and 23 minutes of nonstop Bond action.

With Skyfall comes, cars, violence, girls and above all a great villain. Javier Bardem gets the honour of playing a Bond baddy, and well, he certainly performs. He is memorable from start to finish, unlike his predecessors, from Quantum of Solace and Casino Royale. The audience actually feels that Bond is tested with Javier, Bond is off form and definitely not at his peak due to what happens to him at the start of the film.

As for the acting, both of them where astounding and as always Judi Dench is amazing. The acting is just one thing that fits this action packed thriller together. The action scenes are tense, the script is good and finally the directing is astounding. Sam Mendes can direct a film, that’s for sure. Every shot is like a painting, they are beautiful.

Javier Bardems villain, Silva, is connected to M, I’m not going to say why, but this tests Bond’s loyalty to her. This finally adds heart filled emotion into a Bond film, which is a pleasant change. Another surprise is that it actually has a story to it; most times you sit down to watch a Bond film it’s just a bit of fun, whereas Skyfall, is a proper feature film.

Skyfall is astounding from start to finish; this is the best Bond film. It was certainly worth fifty years of waiting.

8.75/10

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