One fact that will be very apparent to anyone who watches this film is that this is another attempt to put a fresh face to the James Bond genre, in this case by using the extreme sports craze as a starting point. The references range from the subtle to the (more often) blatant. For instance, the opening scene features a spy in a tux wandering into a Rammstein concert and getting spotted easily and shot.
All the Bond cliches are there in vast quantities. This film has gadgets, the supervillan with the mansion in the hills complete with underground laboratory, a car with rocket launchers behind the headlights, walls that spin around to reveal an arsenal, the spymaster talking through a video phone, the list goes on.
This all begs the question what new this film has to offer, as everything else has been done so many times before. The only real thing it has is Vin Diesel, which is a hell of an asset when it comes to it. Sure, he's not going to win any Oscars but this isn't what this film is about. This guy has a very fresh brand of style, which anyone who has seen the Fast and the Furious will be familiar with. In that respect, he is perfectly cast. Even if he looks nothing like his stunt double...
And that's about it besides a lot of explosions and some over-the-top stunts. Enjoyable film yes, but I don't think that Bond is facing any real competition here.
All the Bond cliches are there in vast quantities. This film has gadgets, the supervillan with the mansion in the hills complete with underground laboratory, a car with rocket launchers behind the headlights, walls that spin around to reveal an arsenal, the spymaster talking through a video phone, the list goes on.
This all begs the question what new this film has to offer, as everything else has been done so many times before. The only real thing it has is Vin Diesel, which is a hell of an asset when it comes to it. Sure, he's not going to win any Oscars but this isn't what this film is about. This guy has a very fresh brand of style, which anyone who has seen the Fast and the Furious will be familiar with. In that respect, he is perfectly cast. Even if he looks nothing like his stunt double...
And that's about it besides a lot of explosions and some over-the-top stunts. Enjoyable film yes, but I don't think that Bond is facing any real competition here.