Producers made an unusual choice for a film to celebrate 50th anniversary of James Bond franchise. In 2012 Skyfall, title protagonist, played by weary Daniel Craig, is "deconstructed" as bitter, middle-aged man who suffers something resembling a nervous breakdown and whose career of a British secret agent seems at the humiliating end. Only the bombing attack on MI6 headquarters force their superiors to one again use Bond's talents in order to catch maniacal Joker-like villain (played by Javier Bardem). Sam Mendes, director best know for depressive dramas about middle-class middle-aged people faced with the pointlessness of their existence, actually makes two instead of one film – revisionist and iconoclastic Bond drama and "regular" globe-trotting Bond action adventure. Those two fail to connect, turning Skyfall into one of the more disappointing titles of the franchise. There are some well-made action scenes, the acting is superb and relatively small western-style ending might look refreshing for James Bond films, but it seems that Adele's song is more likely to be remembered than this film.
RATING: 6/10
