I went into the cinema with fairly high expectations, Casino Royale was a damn good film, Craig had my respect as a Bond and recently sequels of films seem to be better than the originals (see The Dark Knight, Spiderman 2, X-Men 2). Left the cinema slightly disappointed, the film is action packed, I wouldn't think much more than five minutes passes without Mr Bond punching some guy silly. Not that that's not great, it is fun to watch, but it does get a bit tiresome. It also doesn't feel like a Bond film; remove all the character names and replace them with ones from the Bourne series and nothing would seem amiss. The only real hint that it is a Bond film is the Aston from the opening chase, that's about it I think. Anyway, the acting it still great, the effects are still impressive, the punches will leave you wincing in your seat, it just doesn't feel Bondy. I'll leave it to my friends Statler and Waldorf to get in the final words.

Yeah, that's pretty much what I heard from the Mark Kermode review. I'll still go and see it next week most likely, but I fear it's one of those films which suffers because of its legacy and title. It seems to me that if they'd remove Bond and replace him with Jason Statham and you'd have a good action film, but as it is, it sounds like a let down.