“…a reminder that screenplays are as crucial to superhero movies as casting and special effects.”

“Now this is how you reheat a piece of pop culture.”

“At its best, this is galaxy-brain, comic-book stuff rooted in a tactile sense of place.”

“…will put willing viewers under a sci-fi trance.”

“…has a self-awareness that’s suffocating.”

“…sets the stage for the rough-edged, real-world 007 we would eventually get.”

“…one of those moments when the Bond franchise was awkwardly caught between two eras.”

“If Roger Moore wasn’t the best James Bond, he was at least the most honest.”

“……dares to question the potency of the MCU punchplosion.”

“I don’t know if I’ll ever be a connoisseur of kill-shot comedy…”