NO TIME TO DIE (film review by Mark R. Leeper)

[Mark Leeper]

The latest Bond film, NO TIME TO DIE, is also the longest, clocking
in at 165 minutes, and what have they one with the extra time?
They padded out the film with incoherent machine gun fights full of
sound and fury, and fights in general. There is also more of
Bond's personal life, but not as much as they could have used, and
there is a discussion of the philosophy of being a James Bond or a
Blofeld. And the Russian accents seem to come from the Ensign
Chekov Institute of Languages. But for once the villain's
super-weapon is not something Bond or anyone else has ever faced
before. It isn't simply a rocket aimed at Washington or a decoder;
it is something whose very existence is science fiction and beyond
the power of existing science (though the idea seems to hearken
back to Nathaniel Hawthorne).

Also, and this is just my opinion, Daniel Craig is the best James
Bond. But I have to say he is the ugliest James Bond. He has a
face like like a prizefighter who has lost more than once. There
are times the script calls for him to be attractive. Maybe part of
the reason he is interesting playing Bond is that he is different
from the pack. It is like Jean-Paul Belmondo. Ever notice?

Released theatrically 10/08/21; available on various streaming
platforms. Rating: +2 (-4 to +4), or 7/10.

Film Credits:
<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2382320/reference>

What others are saying:
<https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/no_time_to_die_2021>

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Mark R. Leeper