"Bond, James Bond!"
007, a symbol that has been popular for sixty years, is still a benchmark for the secret agent genre today.
The series is not old, but people will be old, this Ren 007, Daniel Craig, acted for fifteen years, and this one, is his curtain.
What about the longest ever", "007: No Time to Die"?
This article contains spoilers.
1
"007: No Time to Die" is related to the previous work "007: Ghost Party", but I have not seen the Ghost Party, and it is not too much obstacle to watch this film directly.
The story begins when James Bond retires again, lives a life of seclusion, and takes Madeleine on vacation every day.
Suddenly, one day, Bond was hunted down and nearly killed.
Bond was originally in a state of suspended animation and seclusion, and he suspected that his girlfriend Madeleine was still involved with the Ghost Party and betrayed him. The two separated and never saw each other again.
After that, Bond changed places and continued to live in seclusion. As a result, only five years later, Bond's peaceful life was broken again.
The leader of the Ghost Party was captured by Bond that year. But the Ghost Party is still active, and they break into the biological laboratory and steal a biological weapon, Hercules.
Hercules is a government-developed genetic weapon that is very dangerous. Bond thought M had stopped the plan, but it didn't.
The scientist in charge of Hercules is M's subordinate. But scientists have long since turned to villains.
At this time, the old brother found Bond and asked him to go out of the mountain to capture the scientist.
Bond initially refused, but New 007 told Bond not to meddle, and Bond listened and instead decided to get the scientist back.
It was difficult to find scientists in Cuba, and the result was that the villain set up a situation and took the opportunity to release the virus and kill a group of ghost party members.
Bond finds Q to help decipher the information only to find out that Hercules is not just targeting the Ghost Party.
If this virus is out of control, as long as it touches the skin, it will kill, and this killer weapon has fallen into the hands of the villain, which will immediately cause chaos in the world. At this time, Madeleine is also kidnapped by the villain.
So, again, Bond was on a mission. The difference is that this time it is not with the Bond Girl, but with the new Girl 007, to save the world, to save the lover and the child.
2
Since Daniel Craig took over as 007, several of his works have been slightly different from previous 007 films, and are relatively systematic and more continuous.
2007 "007: Casino Royale", 2008 "007: Quantum of Solitaire", 2013 "007: Breaking the Sky", 2015 "007: Ghost Party", and now the latest, 15 years 5.
After a series, the prehistory, background and experience of the characters of this Ren 007 are basically complete.
In fact, the initial Daniel starred in 007 is controversial, compared to the previous, the seventh Daniel is not handsome enough, tough guys, looks not handsome enough, not elegant enough.
But ups and downs to now, the role image has formed a special bond with the actor and has been recognized by the audience.
Originally in "007: Ghost Party", Daniel planned not to play 007 again. In terms of the content of the story, the leader of the big villain ghost party was arrested, and it was over.
And 007: Ghost Party is also of poor quality in previous 007 films and Daniel's series.
Therefore, this film chooses to connect with the story of the ghost party, which has an innate disadvantage.
Like Madeleine, played by Leia Saidu, as a bond girl in this return, there are many emotional scenes, but they are not attractive enough.
The villains of this film are mainly the ghost party leader and the new villain Safin.
The new villain prides himself on being a loner and savior, similar to Bond. He is psychologically perverted enough, but the character's history is not rich enough, the character's behavior is not convincing enough, and the charm is not strong.
However, the film also has obvious advantages. The scene is exciting enough and innovative. Car chases, gunfights and firefights are all routine operations, and what is jumping off the bridge, riding a motorcycle on a big slope, and jungle gunfight is the new flower work.
Especially the most exciting part, the Cuban encounter, Bond and Anna de Armas starred in the mysterious Cuban girl to fight together, the fight is smooth, dashing, very agent style.
Therefore, this curtain call, although it is a weakness in characters, is still a good work in similar commercial films.
3
Pulling the timeline back, the 007 series of films, derived from Ian Philimine's novel, is the code name of James Bond, the protagonist of the novel, a MI6 agent of the British Intelligence Service.
But the three numbers of 007 have gradually become a cultural symbol.
Handsome, charming, gentlemanly, it can be said that 007 for a period of time, almost equal to the word secret agent in the public mind.
Especially like Hong Kong films, the "Domestic Lingling Paint" and "Big Inner Secret Agent Zero Zero Hair" starring Zhou Xingchi in that year are obviously playing Terrier 007.
But today, the secret agent film has a broader meaning, "Mission Impossible", "Spy Heavy", "Ace Agent" these after-waves, may be more in line with the current viewing habits.
However, compared with the earliest "one mission, two women, one enemy, one outfit" routine, 007 has also produced many changes to today.
Like Daniel's 007, Q and M exist, but people and identities are replaced by more contemporary images.
And this change reaches a new peak in "007: No Time to Die".
As small as every must-have, climactic "I am Bond, James Bond", it has become a dissolving comedy plot.
As big as the subversion of the whole movie. The 007 code name was inherited by a black girl; Bond was no longer merciful, he even had a family, a daughter.
This emotional line design enriches the thickness of the characters, but it is difficult to say that it is suitable for the update of 007.
James Bond, which should have been a dashing symbol, is the dashing of the clothes, the dashing of the deep hidden merit and fame, the wind flow that has passed through the kaleidoscope of flowers and leaves.
He should have come and went freely in the rain of bullets and bullets, how could he not die, and could kill him seven in and seven out.
Now that Bond has a daughter, when chasing a shootout, not only with his girlfriend, but also with his daughter, he is no longer a loner, and that's it.
In the end, Bond chose to die in order not to hurt his loved ones, which was a complete subversion of the previous 007 "invincible" image.
Although it is for the sake of others, he chooses to die, not to be defeated by the villain. But this is still a kind of helplessness, because the character's ability has a limit and a ceiling.
007, thus becoming flesh and blood, there are also problems that are powerless to solve, and there are moments of powerlessness.
"007: No Time to Die" is a 007, but also an anti-007.
This is undoubtedly a grand farewell ceremony for Daniel and the series.
This kind of film is inherently suitable for theaters. The quality of this film in the 007 series is also considered to be on the medium level. But whether you see it or not depends on your interest.