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Spectre is the 24th film in the James Bond series, following 2012’s disappointing Skyfall, and now, the second official trailer has been released, but what do you think of it?
The plot of Spectre revolves around a cryptic message from Bond’s past which sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
Daniel Craig portrays 007 for the fourth time, and there’s an exchange between Craig and Waltz’s characters – when Bond is asked why he came, the reply comes, “I came here to kill you”, and the reply coming, “And I thought you came here to die.”, to which Bond adds, “Well, it’s all a matter of perspective”…
Sam Mendes will again direct, following his first entry in the series with 2012’s Skyfall. Ralph Fiennes returns as M, as does Naomie Harris as the new Miss Moneypenny, aka Eve, and it’s a sort-of twist like that in Skyfall which makes you realise that while newbie Christoph Waltz is Franz Oberhauser, you just know he’d make a great baddie, and with the title of the film being “Spectre“, you just know he’s going to be Ernst Stavro Blofeld!
Meanwhile, Ben Whishaw returns as Q, with Rory Kinnear as Tanner, while other newbies are Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Dave Bautista as Mr. Hinx, plus Bond girls Monica Bellucci as Lucia Sciarra, and Blue is the Warmest Colour‘s Léa Seydoux as Madeleine Swann. And seeing Jesper Christensen as the harsh Mr White, I can only now see him as the hippy, drippy Thomas in The Legacy.
The cast is rounded off with Sherlock‘s Andrew Scott as Denbigh.
Spectre was due to be released in UK cinemas on October 23rd 2015 but that has seemingly been pushed BACK to the 26th, which is a Monday! The US release is on November 6th. I just hope it’s better than Skyfall. I loved Casino Royale, and it’s widely accepted that Quantum of Solace was pretty average, but Skyfall was way overblown by the critics who clearly said they loved it whether they did or didn’t. Me? I thought it was worse than Quantum, and you can find out why in my review here.
Check out the trailer below and click on the poster for the full-size image:
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