2021 • United Artists
Rated: PG-13
Length: 2 hr 43min
Action ~ Adventure ~ Thriller
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Writers: Cary Joji Fukunaga, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
Actors: Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, Rory Kinnear, Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch, Billy Magnussen, Ana de Armas, David Dencik, and Dali Benssalah.
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No Time To Die (2021) is based on The James Bond Novel You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming Published March 26, 1964.
James Bond is shattered by the murder of his wife at the hands of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, and only the prospect of a particularly challenging mission can draw him out of his deep depression. Determined to restore 007 to his former effectiveness, M sends Bond to Japan, where a criminal mastermind is using a poisonous garden inside a rocky island fortress to lure people to their deaths. Bond will have to infiltrate and destroy this mysterious “Castle of Death” in exchange for top secret Japanese intelligence. When the mastermind behind the deadly plot proves to be an old and terrifying enemy, 007 will have to use all of his skills in a fight to the death.
No Time To Die (2021) – Review
No Time To Die opens with James Bond (Daniel Craig) trying to move on from his past and build a life with Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux) in Italy. After he visits the grave of Vesper Lynd, a bomb nearly kills him, and a Spectre ambush convinces him that Madeleine has betrayed him. Hurt and furious, Bond puts her on a train and walks away, effectively ending both the relationship and his career as 007. The story then jumps ahead several years to find Bond retired and living alone in Jamaica.
His quiet exile ends when CIA friend Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright) shows up asking for help recovering a kidnapped scientist tied to a secret bioweapon project. Bond reluctantly agrees, which drags him back into contact with MI6, the new 00 agent Nomi (Lashana Lynch), and a shadowy enemy who has weaponized nanobots that can kill specific people based on their DNA. As Bond digs deeper, he discovers the operation connects back to Spectre and to a mysterious figure named Safin (Rami Malek), who has his own grudge and agenda. What starts as a rescue mission turns into a race to keep this targeted virus from being unleashed on a massive scale.
In the middle of all this, Bond is forced to confront Madeleine again, now living in Norway and hiding a huge secret: she has a young daughter, and it’s strongly implied that the girl is Bond’s child. Safin targets both Madeleine and the little girl to pressure Bond, making the fight suddenly more personal than any of his previous missions. The film shifts from a standard spy plot into a story about whether Bond can protect this makeshift family while still doing his duty. That tension drives the final stretch: he’s not just saving the world, he’s trying to save the only people who really matter to him.
The climax takes place at Safin’s island base, where the bioweapon is being produced for global distribution. Bond and his allies storm the facility, destroy the production lines, and call in a missile strike to wipe the place off the map. But things don’t go exactly as planned. This was Daniel Craig’s last movie as the infamous James Bond 007, and it is a fitting send off. He doesn’t disappoint and it actually feels like he gave his all in this one knowing it was his last. Ana De Armas struts her fighting talent in her role as Paloma, and she does not disappoint. Great performances by all and plenty of car chases , fight scenes and James Bond Tech wizardry to keep you fascinated. I would have to say that Daniel Craig’s best 007 might be Casino Royale, but No Time To Die is a close runner up and a fitting end to Daniel Craig’s Tenure as Bond, James Bond….007.
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