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Spectre

2015

Sam Mendes

Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes ...

6.0

26,877

Action. Adventure. Thriller A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra, the beautiful and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal. Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers the existence of the sinister organisation known as SPECTRE. Meanwhile back in London, the new head of the Centre for National Security, questions Bond’s actions and challenges the relevance of MI6, ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"British intelligence's favorite weapon of mass seduction feels a little rusty in this uneven sequel to 'Skyfall.' (...) The first act is great, (...) However, the final hour disappoints"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Daniel Craig's stated goal was to make 'Spectre' 'better than Skyfall'. Not quite, but it's still party time for Bond fans.(...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Robbie Collin Telegraph	"No film series has been better at raiding its own mausoleum, and throughout 'Spectre', ghosts of Bond films past come gliding through the film, trailing shivers of pleasure in their wake. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It's deeply silly but uproariously entertaining. At the end, I almost felt guilty for enjoying it all quite so much. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Guy Lodge Variety	"A wealth of iconography - both incidental and integral - from the series' founding chapters is revived here, making 'Spectre' a particular treat for 007 nerds, and a businesslike blast for everyone else."
		Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"Spectre is a blast of bespoke escapism, full of globetrotting action and thousand-thread-count opulence. But compared with 2012’s stellar Skyfall, it feels both overstuffed and undercooked"
		Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"An exhilarating James Bond spectacle that really didn’t need to add depth. This is as good as Bond gets (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"Mendes isn't afraid to hurl every trick in the Bond book onscreen to remind us of why we love 007"
		Scott Mendelson Forbes	"The Worst 007 Movie In 30 Years"
		Tom Huddleston Time Out	"A rousing, spectacular, scattershot and somewhat overextended victory lap. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Kate Muir The Times	"Sam Mendes, the director, and Craig are now so comfortable with the late-007 action genre that a relaxed wit percolates almost every scene. Their recipe, like the car, now seems to be bulletproof."
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"A slick, beautifully photographed, action-packed, international thriller with a number of wonderfully, ludicrously entertaining set pieces, a sprinkling of dry wit, myriad gorgeous women and a classic psycho-villain (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Wendy Ide The Wrap	"All about the set pieces. Character development and dialogue both come in at a distant joint second place."
		Stephanie Zacharek Village Voice	"Though each scene is carefully wrought, there's little grace, majesty, or romance in the way the pieces are connected."

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