Review of Spectre (2015) by Maniacuk — 08 Nov 2015

People are giving this movie the benefit of doubt purely because of the Bond brand, but the truth is that it makes for poor watching. Sure there's some great special effects and fantastic cinematography featuring a montage of some of the most beautiful places on earth, but the plot itself completely ruins anything the film had going for it. The storyline is unbelievably predictable but filled with more holes than Swiss cheese. The actions of the villains are moronic and their aims and motivations are so underdeveloped that you simply don't care. Bond is nothing more than an action hero with luck at every step. There's nothing smooth about how he operates in this film - he's not charming, not devious, not cunning, not smart and most certainly not subtle. In fact he could easily be described as a one man Delta force team because he just moves from location to location, wreaking havoc and running around guns blazing, leaving behind a trail of destruction. It is far more Rambo than it is Bond.

Basically if you're a huge Michael Bay fan and love movies where things get blown up or where heroes are able to escape any situation completely unscathed through no logic whatsoever, then you'll love this film. However if you're a classic Bond fan, you'll be bitterly disappointed - not because any of the casting, directing or music was that bad but simply because the writing was so absolutely dreadful it makes Transformers look like a masterpiece.