This the 21st bond film and based on the critical response and box-office (50 million in less than 10 days)start, it is off to a quick start. Here is the catch, if you are a fan of the Pierce Brosnan Bond(any many bond fans are. Rememeber Brosnans bond films are amoungst the highest grossing, then you will probably not like this new take. For me, Brosnan was always the guy that you couldn't stand in Highschool, so I am not too broken up by this sea change.

What Daniel Craig, the new Bond, and director Martin Campbell(he also directed Goldeneye in 1995) have teamed up to give us is a sleeker more bare bones Bond. No clever gadgets and fewer clever quips the New Bond is more of a smart ass than a smart alec. Eva Green and Caterina Murino provide the standard although in one case noticably brief Bond eye candy and Judi Dench, Mads Mikkelsen, Giancarlo Giannini and Felix Leiter are all solid in supporting roles.

This Bond strongly echoes some of the work done earlier by Sean Connery and Roger Daltry. There are gadgets but they are far more utlilitarian than in past films and Bond primarily depends on Bond. All in all a promising start for the latest take on this film Icon.