No Time to Die

No Time to Die

Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.

  • Released: 2021-09-29
  • Runtime: 163 minutes
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Thrillers
  • Stars: Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ralph Fiennes, Christoph Waltz, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Ana de Armas, Billy Magnussen, Rory Kinnear, David Dencik, Brigitte Millar, Dali Benssalah, Eliot Sumner, Michael Herne, Lourdes Faberes, Gordon Alexander, Amor Evans, Lisa-Dorah Sonnet, Maya Khosrowshahi, Safi El Masri, Hugh Dennis, Priyanga Burford, Nicola Olivieri, Pio Amato, Andrei Nova, Coline Defaud, Mathilde Bourbin, Gediminas Adomaitis, Amy Morgan, Lizzie Winkler, Andy Cheung, Hayden Phillips, Joe Grossi, Javone Prince, Rae Lim, Steve Barnett, Tuncay Gunes, Clem So, Denis Khoroshko, Philip Philmar, Raymond Waring, Eliot Sumner, Rod Hunt, Ahmed Bakare, Douglas Bunn, Toby Sauerback, Julian Ferro, David Olawale Ayinde, Zoltan Rencsar, Ross Donnelly, John Farrer, Paul O'Kelly, Michael G. Wilson, Davina Moon, Gediminas Adomaitis
  • Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
 Comments
  • TMAuthor23 - 24 May 2024
    Craig Does Well; Ending?
    Craig, the modern day quintessential Bond, handles his business in this film very well. The plot, although a little creaky in the super villain area, is good, but not the best in this latest version of Bond.

    These films are hard to assess fairly. The sexist, womanizing and pandering versions of fifty or sixty years ago are a completely different animal. And yet, they don't quite relate to the Bourne films or the Mission Impossible franchise either.

    So the fact that in this particular film we're pushed more firmly into the era of gender casting, virtue signaling and diversity casting, there's a significant disconnect. Those elements would have been better served in the next iteration of Bond, instead of trying to make this movie a bridge, essentially forcing it to carry more than its own weight.

    And who will the fans be of that new franchise? A female Bond? That is so counter to the massive legacy of machismo in this franchise that it will not work with the same fan base. Do an offshoot, or a completely different intellectual property. There are plenty of actresses that could pull that off.

    A Bond of a different ethnicity? Provided the script and actor are simpatico (Idris Elba) that could work too.

    Other than Craig, the performances are not top notch. Ana De Armas is way out of her depth, the woman playing the other 007 is stuck with a script that makes her a whiny overly competitive problem child; and Remi Malek is completely unconvincing as the big villain. The ending, no spoiler, has tremendous emotional weight, but that is almost entirely driven by Craig's performance.

    Worth watching, with reserved expectations.
  • Somesweetkid - 18 February 2024
    Ruined by PC and bad casting, with D. Craig no exception.
    First of all, I never could stomach Daniel Craig as James Bond. Craig (to me) is not attractive, has absolutely no charisma, sex appeal or sense of humor like most of his Bond predecessors and his Alfred E. Newman ears rival those of Clark Gable's.

    And when did Moneypenny become black??! (I'll admit I have only watched one or two of Craig's previous Bond portrayals with Judith Dench, whom I adore.)

    Also, does the late great Bernie Mac have a sister who plays the "new" 007? She has even LESS charisma than Craig. These inexplicable entries are almost as ridiculous as making Alexander Hamilton a black historical figure.

    This so-called "political correctness" and wokeness in casting has ruined what used to be an exciting and timeless franchise. No more and good riddance - you will not be missed by me and from many other negative reviews on this site, I'm not in the minority. I'll just go back and enjoy rewatching the earlier Ian Fleming entries with Sean Connery (still my favorite), George Lazenby and Pierce Brosnan.

    Finally, the actor who previously portrayed Freddy Mercury was the creepiest, ugliest villain to enter Bond's world. The character of Madeleine handing over her daughter to him almost made me sick to my stomach. How that child did not become traumatized during filming would make anyone ponder.

    If you cannot tell by my previous comments, I despised this movie. At one point in the movie, and I don't remember who said it, "no sense of humor" was referenced and this concludes my feelings towards Craig's Bond portrayal and this unexciting, convoluted, monotonous film.

    THE END. (I hope)
  • TheManWhoKnewTooMuch1111 - 2 December 2023
    Why should I care?
    I live on welfare with my mother as a 40 year old single guy. Although I find myself to be grateful for a modest living, in the eyes of rich America, I am at the bottom of the barrel. Why is it relevant? Elite Hollywood and snotty Brits need to earn my respect when they create such drivel. The implications are as if 'Throw everything at the hoi polloi, at the mass will eat the cak--- errr watch it.'

    Now I shouldn't be complaning since I got to watch part of the movie for free. (Legally man.) But I turned off after 10 minutes. Perhaps not all Bond movies are for everyone and I still decided to give it a shot. At one scene, Bond is surrounded by Italian gangsters with infinite round of bullets aimed at his (Aston Martin?) and the such is the sheer power of the bulletproof glass that it withstend a heavy pounding of the Spanish artillery itself. But that is not where I turned it off. Then Bond - in a rather cheesy manner I say with Madeleine begging pretty please- he retaliated with a hidden cannon in his headlights and swiveled around and put down the bad guys.

    Are you kidding me?

    You are telling me to marry fantasy. Might as well have had a secret compartmen with lateral 9 by 9 sawblade taht juts out of the car and at the flick of a remote a giant pterodactyl swoops in and flies away the bad guys. I mean come'on. Hence, my question: Why should I care? Just because it is some elitist big budget movie with big budget stars?

    Also, it is not about being harsh. Contrast this with Tom Gun:Maverick I just saw. I knew nothing of the original and went in with heavy political bias. But the movie won me over with spectular shots. You know why? Because even though it is far-fetched it is still thousand times more realistic than any cheesy Bond sequence of frames.

    I might make 100$ a month, but I will not give a dime of my attention if this is what Hollywood and 'Royal Family' -esque folks have to offer.

    Signed

    -A groundling

    And Billie Eilish. Eww.
  • glenn-aylett - 2 January 2023
    An unexpected twist at the end
    For all Daniel Craig has been a decent Bond, and Skyfall was the best Bond movie since the Connery era, I've found him to be short on laughs, personality and charm, while playing a very physical and tough Bond in the mold of Sean Connery. However, like the other 007s, Craig's swansong wasn't his best.

    No Time To Die had brilliant action scenes, the chase in the forest and the scenes in Havana were pure class, Blofeld is finally eliminated( we assume), Bond is shown as more sensitive such as in his relationship with Madeleine Swann and her daughter, and the female 007 who replaced Boind when he temporarily retires is an interest development. However, the plot is rambling, the villain. Safin is fairly weak and boring, and Bond could do with a proper Bond girl instead of being a surrogate husband to Dr Swann. Also the twist at the end makes you wonder if this could be the end of the Bond franchise.

    I would say watch No Time To Die to see a more sensistive side to Bond, a few uiexpected twists to the story and for the excellent chase scenes and special effects, just don't expect it to be a masterpiece like Skyfall. Also I still can't get the homage to On Her Majesty's Secret Service, whose theme music appears in the background in the scenes in London.
  • colinmcfadyen - 26 December 2022
    Epic conclusion to another Bond
    If you want real Bond like most of the anti-fanboys here, read the Fleming books This is the ending for Bond #6 Long live Bond #7 Not sure what the haters are looking for in this movie. IMO, it was a terrific ending to the latest series. Malek is not the villain. It is Bond himself. There was no smirking fluff like we saw in the later Connery, Moore or Brosnan films. This was a true Fleming/Bond character until the end.

    This film had the best use of the Aston Martin. Bond waiting until the last minute to pull machine gun donuts was classic.

    Please, Ana was simply the best Bond girl ever.

    Daniel Craig is, and always will be, 007.

    Cannot wait for the next installment.
  • dtstacey - 15 November 2022
    Worse Bond in worse Bond film....
    I am an old fashioned guy and Sean Connery was my fave Bond by a street mile,(...though I have a big soft spot for Big Rog having grown up with him via 'The Saint' and 'The Persuaders'...). Though I think Herr Craig is a good actor he was never Bond to me,nowhere near handsome enough and that 'Blue Steel',(...or was it 'Magnum'...), pouting...WTF was that all about?.Anyhoo,recently watched this and found utterly underwhelming with hackneyed action sequences and spoiled,as most films are this days,by woke messaging,(..."Get in my way and I'll put a bullet in your knee..."),blurted the obligatory Black Uber-Women,(..Cringy or what?..). She would not have gotten away with comments like that against SC. I was relieved to see DC go and can only hope the makers go back to basics and get someone like H Cavill in....someone who ACTUALLY looks like James Bond.
  • dlancecarrington - 22 October 2022
    What a mess!
    If this is the send off for Daniel Craig, what a sad mess. The first 30 mins are spent paying tribute to classic Bond cliches. Then there's the introduction of the new 007, which the movie fails to decide if it's played for tension or laughs. Not surprisingly, it fails at both. The rest of the movie is surprisingly bland, save for a brief appearance by Ana D'armis. The villain is weak and underdeveloped, the other baddies lack any menace, and the plot is perfectly incoherent and uninspired.

    There is a lot of gun play, generically choreographed like a bad 80's movie and some characters meet their end without any emotional tug. It's just a big hot mess if a film that feels like Craig was really ready to move on.