No Time to Die
Release Date: 11th November 2021 - Australia
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (copyright holder)
Universal Pictures (copyright holder)
Eon Productions (presents)
Danjaq (copyright holder)
Distribution
Universal Pictures Australia
Genre: Action
Rating: M
Runtime: 163 minutes
Budget: $301,000,000
Box Office Gross: $774,153,007 (Worldwide)
Plot Summary
Having retired from active service as a secret agent, James Bond is now
enjoying a life of serenity
in Jamaica. However, he
when his old contact from
the CIA, Felix Leiter, turns
up and asks for his help,
and M also wants to thrust
007 back into his new
assignment. Bond even
encounters a new 00
called Nomi, who has
replaced him as the top
agent and learns she is not
impressed by his previous
accomplishments.
rescue a captured
scientist who turns out to
be far more treacherous
than expected, which
leads him to go after
a mysterious villain behind
the plot called Safin with dangerous new technology.
Cast
Daniel Craig - James Bond
Rami Malek - Lyutsifer Safin
Lashana Lynch - Nomi
Ralph Fiennes - M
Ben Whishaw - Q
Naomie Harris - Miss Moneypenny
Rory Kinnear - Bill Tanner
Jeffrey Wright - Felix Leiter
Billy Magnussen - Logan Ash
Christoph Waltz - Ernst
Stavro Blofeld
David Dencik - Valdo Obruchev
Ana De Armas - Paloma
Dali Benssalah - Primo (Cyclops)
Lisa-Dorah Sonnet - Mathilde
Coline Defaud - Young Madeleine
Mathilde Bourbin - Madeleine's Mother
Hugh Dennis - Dr. Hardy
Priyanga Burford - Dr. Symes
Amy Morgan - Alison Smith
Lizzie Winkler - Sarah Jones
Brigitte Millar - Vogel
Sebastian D'ath
Michael G. Wilson - Officer
at Spectre Party (Cameo) (Uncredited)
Crew
Story/Screenplay/Director - Cary Joji Fukunaga
Based on Characters - Ian Fleming
Story/Screenplay - Neal Purvis and Robert Wade
Screenplay - Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Associate Producer - Gregg Wilson
Executive Producer - Chris Brigham
Producers - Michael G. Wilson
and Barbara Broccoli
Co-Producers - Daniel Craig,
Andrew Noakes and David Pope
Casting Directors - Debbie &
Jemima McWilliams
Production Designer - Mark Tildesley
Supervising Art Director - Chris Lowe
Senior Art Director - Mark Harris
Art Directors - Andrew Bennett,
Neal Callow, Dean Clegg, Sandra Phillips
and Mark Scruton
Set Decorator - Véronique Melery
Property Master - Ben Wilkinson
Costume Designer - Suttriat Anne Larlarb
Hair and Makeup Designer - Daniel Phillips
Prosthetics Makeup Designer - Barrie Gower
Director of Photography - Linus Sandgren
Camera Operators - Jason Ewart,
Ossie McLean, Oliver Loncrane,
Clive Jackson, Gary Spratling,
Tim Wooster and Chris Plevin
Supervising Location Manager - Ben Piltz
Location Production Managers - Matt Jones
and Martin Joy
Location Managers - Rob Campbell-Bell,
Charlie Hayes, Duncan Broadfoot,
Matthew Clarke, Mandy Sharpe and Liam Irving
Location Managers: Italy - Fabio Ferrante,
Simona Scianimanico, Vincenzo Testa and
Elisabetta Tomasso
Unit Location Managers - Jason W. Nightingale,
Ben Firminger and Charlie Simpson
Unit Production Managers - Katherine Tibbetts
and Chris Brock
Production Manager: Scotland - Mally Chung
First Assistant Director - Jon Mallard
Key Second Assistant Director - Matthew Sharp
Second Unit Director/Director of
Photography - Alexander Witt
Marine Coordinator: Jamiaca - Daniel F. Malone
Diving Coordinator - Dave Shaw
Supervising Stunt Coordinator - Olivier Schneider
Stunt Coordinator - Lee Morrison
and Petr Rychly
Stunt Coordinators: Second Unit - Yves Girard
and Boris Martinez
Fight Coordinator - Patrick Vo
Fight Arranger - Grégory Loffredo
Action Vehicle Supervisor - Neil Layton
Special Effects Supervisor - Chris Corbould
Special Effects Floor Supervisors -
Ian Lowe and John Van Der Pool
Visual Effects Supervisor - Charlie Noble
Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM - Mark Bakowski
Visual Effects Supervisor: Framestore -
Jonathan Fawkner
Visual Effects Supervisor: DNEG - Joel Green
Visual Effects Producer - Anna V. James
Computer Graphics Supervisor: BLIND
LTD - Andrew Booth
Compositing Supervisor: Lola Visual
Effects - Edson Williams
Film Editors - Tom Cross and Elliot Graham
Supervising Sound Editor - Oliver Tarney
Co-Supervising Sound Editor - James Harrison
Sound Designers - Michael Fentum,
Bryan Bowen and Elias Hoffman
Re-Recording Mixer - Paul Massey
Re-Recording Mixer/Sound Effects Editor -
Mark Taylor
Main Titles Designer - Daniel Kleinman
Music - Hans Zimmer
Score Producer/Additional Music - Steve Mazzaro
Conductor/Arranger: Title Song/Score
Conductor - Matt Dunkley
Writer/Singer: Title Song - Billie Eilish
Music: Title Song - Finneas O'Connell
Music Supervisor - Randall Poster
Ambient Music Designer - Mel Wesson
Supervising Music Editor - Christopher Bernstead
Review
Since April 2020, I have waited for the new James Bond movie NO TIME TO DIE to land in theatres as everyone gets vaccinated for COVID-19. Now the wait is over as we finally experience the conclusion of Daniel Craig's tenure as Bond after having played the character for 15 years. This film is a fitting end to the actor's portrayal of the iconic British secret agent we have been hoping for, unlike a few that are not so great for Sean Connery, Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan (though Timothy Dalton's Licence to Kill comes close in second).
NO TIME TO DIE is a definite improvement on Spectre, which has a lot of issues with the plot and characterisation. It doesn't suffer the same problems as its predecessor but maintains the status quo of Bond that you least expect. This feature has a lot of callbacks from previous Bond flicks, including those from On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Daniel Craig has all he has to give proper closure for his character, especially since he is at the end of his era in Bond. Still, he's fantastic. While the rest of the cast calls their shots, Rami Malek has had the opportunity to play a Bond villain far more terrifying than Blofeld or Raoul Silva called Safin, who plans to unleash a bio-weapon on the unsuspecting world. I didn't think that Léa Seydoux would return as a Bond girl. I remember the same thing that almost happened to Olga Kurylenko's character in Quantum of Solace, which would return in Skyfall but never did. Hans Zimmer becomes the new composer for Bond and does a terrific score in NO TIME TO DIE.
I had no idea that NO TIME TO DIE would be shocking to end Craig's interpretation, and I believe the series would reboot again with a new actor taking a new edge of James Bond, whether it's Tom Hardy or a highly obscure and unknown actor. NO TIME TO DIE is arguably the best Bond movie we've seen and recommended for Bond fans.
Star rating: (10/10) Best Movie Ever
