“No Time to Die” Leaves Its Fan Base Satisfied

Release Date：Oct/8/2021

Genre：Action/Adventure/Thriller

Director：Cary Joji Fukunaga

Cast：Daniel Craig、Rami Malek、Ana de Armas、Léa Seydoux、Ralph Fiennes、Christoph Waltz

Viola's Rating：8.0

All things must come to an end, and Daniel Craig was lucky enough to be the only 007 who could actually have a finale and bid farewell to his character. As the sixth James Bond, Craig played 007 one last time in his fifth outing and the 25^th in the franchise. Although it’s time to say goodbye, there’s no time to die, and the latest Bond feature film will leave its fan base satisfied on Oct 8, 2021.

In this adventurous action thriller, James Bond has left active service for MI6. His peace is brief when Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright), an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.

“No Time to Die” did plant some bookends in the film, but they aren’t clever enough to surprise the audience. Moreover, the background and motivation of the villain, Lyutsifer Safin (Rami Malek), aren’t deep enough to make moviegoers believe he really wants to do what he’s doing. Hence, the rivalry between Bond and Safin isn’t intense until the very end.

On the other hand, “No Time to Die” does an amazing job building up the conflicts between the innovation and the tradition. By depicting the differences after Bond retired, the flick presents the changed and unchanged feature of MI6 and how agents take parts in the missions. Even though the audience won’t be able to witness Q’s usual introduction of all kinds of advanced weapons for Bond, the ones Q actually brings out are much more cutting-edge.

As the 25^th motion picture of the series, “No Time to Die” shows classic elements of James Bond to create a wave of nostalgia such as the iconic gun barrel sequence opening reference and the most memorable quote Bond uses the most to introduce himself to Bond girls.

“No Time to Die” is very generous to its diehard aficionados. It’s a movie you can watch independently, but if you’ve seen the previous four, you’ll find familiar characters show up again, unfinished plots close with unexpected endings. Therefore, “No Time to Die” is indeed the finale for Craig’s Bond journey.

Although this episode is more emotional and sentimental than usual since Craig’s leaving the franchise, the action scenes won’t disappoint moviegoers. Car chasing scenes are brilliant, and there’s even a one-shot shooting scene that’ll give the audience adrenaline-filled moments.

All in all, even though “No Time to Die” isn’t as good as “Casino Royale” and “Skyfall”, it definitely is the best walking out picture ever, and it has all the classic and nostalgic elements as a 007 work. Most important of all is that although it’s not perfect, both Daniel Craig and “No Time to Die” leave their fan base satisfied.

Picture Credit: IMDb