53 years, 23 movies, and a new one on the way. James Bond, old? Bah. Only rags get old. If the world's most famous agent weren't protected by the magic of cinema, he would hardly be able to fight the worst of the worst in espionage and terrorism, but what we've seen of Spectre so far forces us to shut our mouths. With a solid cast and a sharp Daniel Craig, Spectre is shaping up to be 'the' film to see before Star Wars eats the world...
Many believed the 'Craig era' had lost steam after Quantum of Solace. Four years later, Skyfall had a true feast at the box office, becoming the most successful film in the entire Bond saga. $1.1 billion and three years later, we arrive at the gates of Spectre, the fourth installment of the reboot that began in 2006 with Casino Royale. At the same time, it's Daniel Craig's fourth time wearing the 007 suit, but we can't say the same about the rest of the team. Spectre marks the departure of Judi Dench, who ended her role as M due to the events in Skyfall, and now it's Ralph Fiennes' responsibility to act as the boss of the stubborn and unpredictable Bond. Of course... both have their hands full. SPECTRE is about to show its head and its tentacles, forcing agent 007 to travel halfway across the planet (again) to find its leaders.
A Battle Against the Past
Technically this is the second trailer for the film; however, I have no doubt it will have a much bigger impact than the first. One of the most striking elements in Spectre's plot is not Bond battling a super international criminal organization (after all, he's already done that several times), but the intention to dig into his past. The canon describes 007 as an orphan who lost his parents in a mountaineering accident, living with his aunt until finishing his studies and eventually entering the "Ministry". The new Spectre trailer seems to go in that direction, but Bond's classic marble expression leaves us little room to speculate.
Cast and Release Date
Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, the beautiful Léa Seydoux and Monica Bellucci, Andrew Scott (whom you'll remember as Moriarty in Sherlock), Dave Bautista, Naomie Harris as Moneypenny, Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear, Jesper Christensen and Alessandro Cremona form the main cast of Spectre. Everything indicates that its release in Spanish theaters would be next November 6, the same day as in the United States. That date places Spectre in the same battlefield occupied by the second part of Mockingjay, Creed (the Rocky spin-off) and Pixar's new film The Good Dinosaur.
