Spectre (2015)

A cryptic message from 007 past sends him pitted against a mysterious terrorist organization called Spectre, and learns of its involvement on previous events of his most dangerous missions before.

Director:

Sam Mendes

Writers:

John Logan (screenplay by), Neal Purvis (screenplay by)

Stars:

Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux

Won 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 32 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Daniel Craig	...	James Bond
Christoph Waltz	...	Blofeld
Léa Seydoux	...	Madeleine
Ralph Fiennes	...	M
Monica Bellucci	...	Lucia
Ben Whishaw	...	Q
Naomie Harris	...	Moneypenny
Dave Bautista	...	Hinx
Andrew Scott	...	C
Rory Kinnear	...	Tanner
Jesper Christensen	...	Mr. White
Alessandro Cremona	...	Marco Sciarra
Stephanie Sigman	...	Estrella
Tenoch Huerta	...	Mexican Man in Lift
Adriana Paz	...	Mexican Woman in Lift

Storyline

A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia, the beautiful and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal. Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers the existence of the sinister organisation known as SPECTRE. Meanwhile back in London, Max Denbigh, the new head of the Centre of National Security, questions Bond's actions and challenges the relevance of MI6 led by M. Bond covertly enlists Moneypenny and Q to help him seek out Madeleine Swann, the daughter of his old nemesis Mr White, who may hold the clue to untangling the web of SPECTRE. As the daughter of the assassin, she understands Bond in a way most others cannot. As Bond ventures towards the heart of SPECTRE, he learns a chilling connection between himself and the enemy he seeks.

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Plot Keywords:

spy | espionage | sequel | bomb | terrorist | 

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Taglines:

The dead are alive

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, some disturbing images, sensuality and language

Details

Official Sites:

007 [United States] Official Facebook

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English Spanish Italian German French

Release Date:

6 November 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bond 24

Filming Locations:

Oujda, Morocco

Box Office

Budget:

$245,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$70,403,148, 8 November 2015, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$200,074,175

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$880,674,175

Company Credits

Production Co:

B24, Columbia Pictures, Danjaq

Technical Specs

Runtime:

148 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital 12-Track Digital Sound (IMAX 12 track) Datasat Dolby Surround 7.1 IMAX 6-Track Sonics-DDP Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sam Mendes disclosed during July 2015, that the combined crew total for this picture goes over one thousand people, beating the number of crew personnel who worked on Skyfall (2012).

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Goofs

Blofeld shows James Bond and Madeleine a meteorite and states that this is "the very meteorite that made this crater." This is impossible as a meteorite is vaporized at the moment of impact because of the tremendous energy which is nearly instantaneously dissipated at the point of impact. This happened at the Meteor Crater in Arizona: a number of people thought they would find an iron mine at the bottom of the crater and came up empty.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Estrella: Where are you going?
James Bond: I won't be long.

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Crazy Credits

A title card in the beginning of the movie reads, "The dead are alive".

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Connections

References The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

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Soundtracks

Call and Response
Lyrics by Bill Bernstein & Tambuco

User Reviews

A dull pointless movie.

I was finding it incredibly hard to stay awake through this movie. Even the action scenes were quite lacklustre. I think it had nothing to do with the big budget special effects but more to do with the emotionless performance of Daniel Craig's James Bond. Whenever anything exciting happened he acted like he didn't even care. He may do this every day but I can't believe it would ever get old or boring. In between the action scenes there were intense periods of nothingness. It's not surprising really as there was no real plot. I just cannot watch a mindless film about fighting, explosions and getting laid when there's no passion.

Speaking of passion the "bond girls" were a big disappointment and had no connection with Bond. It was not believable and super awkward. I know when I've just faced a life or death situation that's exactly the point when I can't resist hooking up with some random. It's such an old concept and it might be time for the Bond series to be put to bed.