Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Standard rubbish to mediocre 'Direct to Video' fare with no novelty in the plot, it's all been done before at a much higher standard. With Michael Jai having the lone writing credits I'm surprised as the main lead he was quite reserved with the number of lines he gave himself, maybe to hide his wooden acting.
It all starts here and a good opener to begin the franchise with. Connery in a black tux in a casino with the now immortal line 'Bond, James Bond'. The film is void of invisible Aston Martins, exploding pens and submarine Lotus's and the stripped back to basics 007 is a joy to watch. Ironically, exactly as the new Q, Ben Whishaw says to Daniel Craig in Skyfall 'We don't really go in for that anymore', a return to the…
The Mission Impossible franchise never tires or looks stale, Ghost Protocol is another fine example of a great action film. The stunts in Dubai are ground-breaking for the time and Renner's leap in Mumbai a nod to the classic Cruise stunt.