Updated On: 09 October, 2021 01:06 PM IST | Mumbai | Johnson Thomas
This 25th instalment, the first to be directed by an American, has assured action coupled with sensitive interludes, but there’s way too much plot and far too many characters doing duty

A still from No Time to Die
Daniel Craig’s fifth and final 007 action thriller has James Bond getting lured out of retirement and back into MI6 service. The tranquil life he enjoyed in Jamaica has been brought to an end with talk of betrayal and a call back from old friend Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright) from the CIA and another named Logan Ash (Billy Magnussen). The mission assigned to him is to rescue a kidnapped Russian scientist, who turns out to be slippery and diabolical and hand in glove with a mysterious villain armed with a dangerous new technology. The storyline for this one has historic connections with Spectre (2015) and Skyfall (2012). So, this experience would be satisfying only if you are in the know of that.