Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in director Sam Mendes' first journey into the world of 007 for Skyfall.
Craig takes the role of Bond and makes it his own, adding layers of varied emotion and vulnerability to the character that's been mostly absent in past incarnations. While Javier Bardem is able to ham it up a bit, seeming more like a Nolan Batman villain rather than a Bond baddy, with his motives and cunning ideals. Thankfully, Mendes is concerned with building up character arcs just as much as he is with throwing some extravagantly entertaining action pieces at us as well. Skyfall does threaten to fall apart under it's own weight near the end but wraps up nicely as it looks back at it's roots.
3½ wastes of good Scotch out of 5
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