When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, it's up to Bond, aided only by field agent Eve, to locate the mastermind behind the attack.
Cinematography
Deakins' silhouettes in Shanghai — shadows fighting shadows.
Acting
Bardem's entrance: monologue, rat story, terrifying flirtation.
Score
Adele's theme actually sounds like classic Bond.
Director
Sam Mendes
Daniel Craig
James Bond
Judi Dench
M
Javier Bardem
Silva
Ralph Fiennes
Gareth Mallory
Naomie Harris
Eve
Bérénice Marlohe
Séverine
Albert Finney
Kincade
Ben Whishaw
Q
Rory Kinnear
Tanner
Ola Rapace
Patrice
Helen McCrory
Clair Dowar MP
Nicholas Woodeson
Doctor Hall
Bill Buckhurst
Ronson
Elize du Toit
Vanessa (M's Assistant)
Ian Bonar
MI6 Technician
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Komodo dragon scene used real animals — Daniel Craig was genuinely separated from them by only a raised platform.
Mendes and Deakins deliberately referenced The Dark Knight's Hong Kong sequence for the Shanghai fight, then surpassed it.
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