Spectre
Spectre

Spectre

2015Movie148 minEnglish

A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.

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IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes63%
Metacritic60/100
Google Users66%
Director: Sam MendesGenres: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Spy

Plot Summary

A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization known as SPECTRE. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond unearths the terrifying truth about the relationship between himself and the icy.].

Critical Reception

Spectre received generally mixed to positive reviews from critics, with praise for its action sequences, visuals, and Craig's performance, but criticism often directed at its convoluted plot and attempts to connect previous Daniel Craig-era Bond films.

What Reviewers Say

  • Visually stunning with impressive action set pieces, but suffers from a muddled narrative.
  • Daniel Craig continues to impress as Bond, but the film struggles to find a consistent tone.
  • While attempting to be grand and overarching, the plot feels both overstuffed and underdeveloped.

Google audience: Audiences appreciated the classic Bond elements, the action, and Daniel Craig's stoic performance. However, many found the plot to be overly complicated and less engaging than previous installments, with some feeling it lacked the emotional depth of 'Skyfall'.

Awards & Accolades

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for 'Writing's on the Wall', which it won. Received nominations at the BAFTAs for Outstanding British Film and Best Sound.

Fun Fact

The Aston Martin DB10 driven by James Bond in the film was a unique model created specifically for Spectre and was not available for purchase by the public. Only ten were ever made.

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TMDB Reviews

10 reviews
tmdb93836550

tmdb93836550

Words can't describe how boring this is.
drystyx

drystyx

Spectre has an introspect into what is wrong with modern Bond movies. Namely, that they don't work, because 007 is about action, exotic sceneries, cinematic brilliance, beautiful women, gadgets that go wrong or right, and most of all the w...
The Movie Mob

The Movie Mob

**Spectre has plenty of style, class, action, and spectacular moments but the film lacks the passion and zeal of Casino Royale or Skyfall.** After the incredible bombastic success of Skyfall, the return of Sam Mendes, and the announcemen...
GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwin...

The word "convoluted" comes to mind, as does the word "unwatchable" By the time Spectre came out, I was honestly sick of Daniel Craig's James Bond hates being James Bond depiction. And now I've come to really despise him, I mean Moore us...
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

Now that Dame Judi has shaken her off her cinematic mortal coil, the new "M" (Ralph Fiennes) is facing increasing pressure from whizzkid "C" (Andrew Scott) to shut down the 007 programme and rely on an international, computer generated, sys...
Manuel São Bento

Manuel São Bento

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/spectre-spoiler-free-review "Spectre fails to reach the tremendous potential of its intriguing narrative and fascinating antagonist, but Sam Mendes still pulls off a dec...
Reno

Reno

> Not your usual Bond movie, but still a good entertainer. What I liked from a couple of last Bond movies was they were off the regular 007 style, like not overly rely on spy's special gadgets. This change has been since the day one of D...
Andres Gomez

Andres Gomez

A "correct" Bond movie. All the expected stereotypes are included, Waltz is an OK bad guy and the intro scene is something really impressive. Nothing else really new ...
Frank Ochieng

Frank Ochieng

Well, cinema’s most treasured and resilient British spy guy is back as the legendary James Bond makes his twenty-fourth outing on the big screen in the highly anticipated and slickly-made Spectre. Worldwide Agent 007 fans understandably mai...
cutprintchris

cutprintchris

<a href="http://www.cutprintfilm.com/reviews/spectre/"</a> In hindsight my excitement for Spectre seems a bit foolish. After Skyfall, director Sam Mendes openly stated that he wouldn’t direct another Bond movie. And even so, Skyfall wasn...