In 2006, ' Casino Royale' officially rebooted the entire narrative to start over. No' to 'Die Another Day', had only a loose and frequently contradictory sense of continuity, even within the runs of any particular lead actor. The Daniel Craig movies occupy a curious place in the Bond franchise.
In a remarkable coincidence, the leader of that organization may even have ties to Bond's own past. His investigation will lead Bond to discover an evil cabal of terrorists and criminals that secretly pulled the strings behind all of his former foes, from Le Chiffre to Silva. When M grounds him from field work, he disobeys orders and goes off-book on a personal mission to avenge the death of the former M (Judi Dench, seen briefly in a video recording and some photographs), but he might get a little help from his friends Moneypenny and Q along the way. Bond himself isn't overly concerned about that. An impending merger with MI-5 hanging over it, the Double-0 division is seen as an antiquated relic that faces the threat of being disbanded. All in a day's work for 007.īond's superiors at MI-6, specifically the new M (Ralph Fiennes), aren't too pleased with the attention his antics have drawn at a most unfortunate time for the agency. Once that shot is finished, Bond causes an international incident involving an exploding building (which, strangely, nobody nearby seems to notice) and crazy helicopter acrobatics above a crowd of thousands. In a very show-offy unbroken five-minute tracking shot, the camera follows Bond through the thronging streets of Mexico City during its Day of the Dead celebration, into and through a hotel, and out across the rooftops of several buildings while the parades continue below him, until he finds and eavesdrops on the mark he's trailing. 'Spectre', Daniel Craig's fourth outing as the world's greatest secret agent, opens with the franchise's most elaborate and ambitious opening teaser sequence yet. Perhaps he should have let somebody else take the fall? Ultimately, he couldn't achieve that goal. Like far too many other filmmakers who've faced the challenge of following up a huge success, Mendes succumbed to the temptation of going bigger and trying to top himself. Eventually, the series' producers talked him into coming back after all, presumably by throwing piles of cash in his direction. "With all due respect, sir, it could have been worse."Īfter ' Skyfall' shattered every previous record for the James Bond franchise, director Sam Mendes initially claimed that he would not return for the inevitable next Bond sequel.
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