“…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…”

“The second Bond film was already too self aware to remember to be itself.”

“…suffers from MCU bloat, yet a strong cast and emphasis on character ultimately overcome much of that.”

“Works best as a Dominic Toretto origin story…”

“…a heist movie, a police investigation thriller, a prison drama, and an undercover cop story all at once.”