No Time To Die

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	Daniel Craig	James Bond
	Léa Seydoux	Madeleine
	Rami Malek	Lyutsifer Safin
	Lashana Lynch	Nomi
	Ralph Fiennes	M
	Ben Whishaw	Q
	Naomie Harris	Moneypenny
	Rory Kinnear	Tanner
	Jeffrey Wright	Felix Leiter
	Billy Magnussen	Logan Ash
	Christoph Waltz	Blofeld
	David Dencik	Valdo Obruchev
	Ana De Armas	Paloma
	Dali Benssalah	Primo (Cyclops)
	Lisa-Dorah Sonnet	Mathilde
	Coline Defaud	Young Madeleine
	Mathilde Bourbin	Madeleine's Mother
	Hugh Dennis	Dr. Hardy
	Priyanga Burford	Dr. Symes
	Joe Grossi	Hotel Porter
	Nicola Olivieri	Cemetery Caretaker
	Pio Amato	Cemetery Attendant
	Javone Prince	MI6 Security Guard
	Davina Moon	Madeleine's Receptionist
	Mattia Lacovone	Young Shepherd

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Director	Cary Fukunaga
Writer	Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Cary Fukunaga, Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Producer	Per Henry Borch, Chris Brigham, Barbara Broccoli, Daniel Craig, Jon Gudmundsson, Andrew Noakes, David Pope, Enzo Sisti, Natalie Thompson, Gregg Wilson, Michael G. Wilson
Musician	Hans Zimmer
Photography	Linus Sandgren

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My quick rating - 7.4/10. This one just moved into first for a U.S. movie at the global box office. For a pretty good reason actually, since this is one of the better of Daniel Craigs Bond flicks (I am still partial to Skyfall) After James has decided to pretty much hang it up and relax for a bit, Leiter (Jeffrey Wright) has talked him back into the fold only to find that M (Ralph Fiennes) has replaced him with a new oo7, Nomi (Lashana Lynch). They will have to work together to find a British biological weapon that they believe was lost to Spectre. Instead, we have a new villain to worry about, though played by Rami Malek. I am mentioning this cast since they are all very well placed and acted throughout. As with most Bond flix, the movie starts with an excellent car chase down the narrow streets of a village in Italy. There are no shaky cameras or any type of cheating to hide anything, just a nicely shot sequence from start to finish. This is a high point to begin, which made me realize once the credits rolled that, being such a long movie, there was not a single stand-out spectacular action scene like these tend to have. It isn't very noticeable, though, since my attention was kept by the story that was being told. Multiple bad guys, new characters, and James's reunion with Madeliene (Léa Seydoux). Plenty of story to keep things going, so I never felt like things were going too slow. Maybe being 163 minutes, it seemed like there weren't too many action scenes, but as I am typing this, I am realizing it actually kept up to speed with those as well. All the expected tropes are used and even highlighted by the crew, to the extent that they were joking about Malek and how he was just using the same old evil villain plans he has seen before. You get some double-crosses along the way and an expected huge threat to humanity that the one and only hero can save us from. All and all, a very entertaining flick that might even win over some new fans. It wouldn't be necessary to see the previous from the last 15 years or so, but you will be missing out on some of the interactions of the characters and what makes the moments special. I am sure you have read that this is supposedly the last foray into OO7 for Craig, and I think this one did justice with a proper farewell.

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