On Thursday, October 7, the action-adventure No Time to Die, the 25th film in the James Bond franchise, will be released. The film was directed by the laureate of the Venice Film Festival Carey Joji Fukunaga, who previously worked on such films as "True Detective", "Maniac", "Jane Eyre". Starring Daniel Craig. No Time to Die was the actor's fifth and final project in the popular franchise. Previously, the artist appeared in the tapes "Casino Royale", "Quantum of Solace", "007: Coordinates" Skyfall "and" 007: SPECTRUM ". Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch, Lea Seydoux, Christoph Waltz, Rafe Fiennes and others also starred in the new film.

“No Time to Die” is a direct continuation of the movie “007: SPECTRUM”.

In the story, James Bond broke up with Madeleine and has been living in Jamaica for several years.

He does not take an active part in MI6 activities, but spends time fishing and enjoying his vacation.

The vacation ends when Bond meets his longtime friend Felix Leiter.

He asks the agent for help in rescuing the kidnapped scientist.

Bond joins the operation and attacks the trail of the mysterious Lucifer Safin, who runs a secret laboratory.

Within its walls, dangerous weapons are produced that can be programmed to kill people.

The new Bond film turned out to be unusually sentimental, which can be traced both in the main plot and in the little things.

From the first shots, viewers learn that Safin's past is intertwined with an important episode from Madeleine's childhood.

Thus, the conflict that has not yet formed on the screen already goes beyond the scope of professional relations and becomes personal. 

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The romantic component of the plot, dedicated to the relationship between Bond and Madeleine, is more or less harmoniously woven into the main narrative, but some episodes look overly emotional and sugary - especially against the background of the traditionally vigorous action that takes up almost all screen time.

The heroes dramatically burn pieces of paper on which they write the secrets of the past that do not let them go, after the melodrama is intensified by Bond's grief over the death of Vesper, and soon this episode is followed by an exaggerated and very tearful scene of farewell to Madeleine.

The degree of emotions is gradually increasing, and the scenes that seem superfluous are becoming more and more.

The melodrama reaches its climax closer to the denouement - first in the heartbreaking moment of the meeting between Bond and Safin (fortunately, there the filmmakers tried to find an adequate explanation for the fountain of emotions), and then - directly in the finale.

It seems that in it the filmmakers hoped to knock out a tear from even the most staunch viewers who were not touched by all past demonstrations of feelings.

Sometimes the acting saves excessive sentimentality.

Daniel Craig and Leah Seid manage to create the necessary tension to convey feelings convincingly, without completely turning the action movie into a soap opera.

And even the feeling of a big difference in the age of the artists, because of which they initially look like a dad and a daughter, quickly disappears thanks to their on-screen chemistry.

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The visual component of the picture is as expected. From the first shots, the viewer is carried away by a beautiful and well-thought-out composition, which makes one want to consider all the details in the frame. The filmmakers also succeeded in staging numerous action scenes - chases, fights, shootings. Such episodes have little to do with reality: on an empty road suddenly appears a single stone behind which you can hide from a speeding car, and a child of primary school age easily shoots from a serious weapon. There are many such scenes in the film, but there is no point in criticizing them - the Bond film, in principle, has never been realistic. And now the audience just needs to accept the fact that events do not unfold according to the most standard rules.

It is much more important that all these somewhat funny and naive scenes provide good dynamics, making it easy to watch a movie of impressive timing (2 hours 43 minutes).

The scientific side of the plot, as well as the specific jokes of scientists, also brings variety to the narrative.

However, details related to the production of genetic weapons are disclosed minimally, without details.

Safin's villainous plan and motivation are also not entirely clear.

It cannot be argued that this greatly harms the general understanding of a rather uncomplicated story, but those who want to delve into the scientific subtleties are likely to have many questions.

In the film "No Time to Die" appears MI-6 agent Nomi, played by Lashana Lynch, who received the callsign 007. Her appearance was widely discussed in the media: for the first time in the history of Bond, a woman became agent 007.

However, the character's storyline is disappointing.

Throughout the film, the heroine Lynch is unnecessarily insolent to Bond, only in this way demonstrating her character, and talks about her amazing spy skills - but she rarely uses them.

Nomi makes a more significant contribution to the plot in the finale, but even without her, the film would not have lost absolutely anything.

It remains to be hoped that the heroine will fully manifest herself in the following projects, and here she was involved in passing the baton.

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Lucifer Safin is much more interesting.

In general, his image is quite stereotyped - the hero is an avenger and a villain who imagines himself to be God and for some reason decided to destroy almost the whole world.

However, Safin's love for masks, specific appearance and habits, as well as Rami Malek's convincing performance made the character sinister and memorable.

A striking element of the picture was the appearance of Paloma's spy performed by Ana de Armas.

The actress got only one episode, but it was enough for her to reveal her equally charming and comic character.

Along with feminine charm and amusing absent-mindedness, the heroine demonstrates excellent fighting skills in one of the most spectacular fights in the entire film.

De Armas's presence on the screen from the first to the last second evokes a storm of positive emotions - from laughter to admiration.

"No Time to Die" is not inferior in quality to the rest of the Bond films.

The film is in the spirit of the franchise, but offers viewers new dramatic solutions and characters that add some variety to the story tested over decades.

Numerous emotions that seem superfluous in some episodes, on the whole, look like a kind of farewell to Daniel Craig in the role of James Bond, albeit somewhat protracted and unusually heartwarming.