Skyfall (2012)

Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. Whilst MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.

Director:

Sam Mendes

Writers:

Neal Purvis, Robert Wade,

Stars:

Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem

Won 2 Oscars. Another 35 wins & 66 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Daniel Craig	...	James Bond
Judi Dench	...	M
Javier Bardem	...	Silva
Ralph Fiennes	...	Gareth Mallory
Naomie Harris	...	Eve
Bérénice Marlohe	...	Severine (as Bérénice Lim Marlohe)
Albert Finney	...	Kincade
Ben Whishaw	...	Q
Rory Kinnear	...	Tanner
Ola Rapace	...	Patrice
Helen McCrory	...	Clair Dowar MP
Nicholas Woodeson	...	Doctor Hall
Bill Buckhurst	...	Ronson
Elize du Toit	...	Vanessa (M's Assistant)
Ian Bonar	...	MI6 Technician

Storyline

When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, M is left with one ally she can trust: Bond. 007 takes to the shadows - aided only by field agent, Eve (Naomie Harris) - following a trail to the mysterious Silva (Javier Bardem), whose lethal and hidden motives have yet to reveal themselves.

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Plot Keywords:

train | chase | revenge | explosion | presumed dead | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense violent sequences throughout, some sexuality, language and smoking

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 November 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

007: Operación Skyfall

Filming Locations:

Grand Bazaar, Istanbul, Turkey

Box Office

Budget:

$200,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$88,364,714 (USA) (9 November 2012)

Gross:

$304,360,277 (USA) (8 March 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eon Productions, Danjaq

Technical Specs

Runtime:

143 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS Sonics-DDP

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Judi Dench has more screen time in this film alone than Desmond Llewelyn had in his 17 films as Q, making her portrayal of M the most common character in the series after Bond himself.

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Goofs

After Bond and M arrive at Skyfall they review the available weapons with Kincade. Kincade hands Bond what looks like a double barrel shotgun and says that is was his father's hunting rifle. This is an "express rifle", a double barreled large caliber rifle designed for dangerous game at close range, and easily mistaken for a shotgun.

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Quotes

[first lines]
James Bond: Ronson's down!

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Crazy Credits

The opening credits feature Bond periodically shooting at targets, Shanghai dragons, Silva's skull logo, and the Skyfall mansion from which Bond's eyes stare out. At the end of the credits, the sky is seen falling upon the mansion.

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Connections

Featured in Eva Jinek op zondag: Episode #2.11 (2012)

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Soundtracks

"The Name's Bond... James Bond"
Written by Monty Norman
Arranged by David Arnold

User Reviews

It's a Batman movie, only with Bond.

After all the brouhaha and critical raves for "Skyfall," I finally got around to seeing it. Now I'd really like to know what the critics were smoking. I actually fell asleep in the middle of this loooooong, boring epic, that has practically nothing to do with any previous Bond film, except for an action-packed pre-credits sequence (action-packed, but ridiculous, as Bond is shown to be as indestructible as Superman). Here's the plot: somebody connected with MI6 has stolen a list of agent identities and starts outing them, causing not only their deaths, but great embarrassment to M (Judi Dench), so she reactivates a somewhat dissipated, believed dead, James Bond goes to find the guilty party. A cat and mouse game ensues until he's found. That's it. For two-and-a-half hours. It seems like six. Judi Dench as M acts like someone doing a Judi Dench impression, while Daniel Craig is starting to resemble a "Spitting Image" caricature of himself. The tough-as-nails approach to Bond is great, but only if it's not retrofitted into a super-hero storyline more reminiscent of the Roger Moore era. Javier Bardem plays, well, he plays The Joker, really, but that's not his character name. I was ready to write this off as the worst Bond movie ever until an Aston Martin DB5 shows up, making the most welcome cameo in recent film history. (Other cameos are not as good, including a completely unrecognizable Albert Finney as an old, old family retainer). So because of the Aston Martin, "Skyfall" moves up the list, but it's still in the bottom three of worst Bond films.