Skyfall
Skyfall
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, it's up to Bond, aided only by field agent Eve, to locate the mastermind behind the attack.
匚卂尺ㄥ reviewedJanuary 29, 2025
Skyfall isn't just an amazing Bond film. It's a gem of a spy-thriller filled with masterfully embedded symbolism.
After Bond's brash, rather reckless adventures in CR and QoS, Skyfall portrays his slow descent into near-redundancy due to a gun shot wound.
Moreover, Bond's loyalty towards M as well as his country is tested after she gives the order.
The film is truly the epitome of whatever personifies "resurrection". Because like a phoenix rising from it's ashes, Craig's Bond steps up to the challenge unflinchingly. A compelling performance by Craig for which he even got an Oscar nomination.
But the true show stealers? Javier Bardem as Silva and Dame Judi Dench as M.
Bardem's portrayal of Skyfall's antagonist has cemented him as one of 007's most iconic villains, the perfect mixture of psychotic, humorous and unpredictable. A deadly combination.
M has possibly the most screen time in a Bond film since Tomorrow Never Dies and for a good reason too. Dame Judi Dench delivers a powerful performance, stoic and unyielding in the face of adversity.
Personally, the scene where she reads Tennyson's poem whilst the frames cut to Bond running through London gives me goosebumps.. it's enough to inspire anyone.
Bottom line, Skyfall is an incredible swansong for Dench to gracefully step down as Bond's superior, a role immortalised by her.
🤵̸/̸̅̅ ̆̅ ̅̅ ̅̅ The ensemble cast of Naomi Harris as Moneypenny, Ben Whishaw as Q and Ralph Fiennes as Mallory is a golden combination as each depict their characters perfectly.
Last, but certainly not the least - Adele's "Skyfall". Possibly the most moving, most powerful Bond theme of all time. A true legend, and her strong vocals certainly set the tone for the film, which culminates into a battle of epic proportions in the breathtaking moors of Scotland, Bond's childhood home..