In 2008, Marc Forster directed one of the most beloved James Bond sagas: Quantum of Solace. Faced with this setback, World War Z director Sam Mendes (1917, American Beauty, Rebellion, etc.) was allowed to direct Agent 007 No. 23.
So came Skyfall, Daniel Craig’s third Bond in 2012. We find the most famous spy facing his new mission: saving MI6 and especially M (Judi Dench), whose authority is being questioned by Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), the new president of the ISC, the Intelligence and Security Committee. .
As MI6 faces an unprecedented dual threat, both internal and external, James Bond must operate in the shadows. With the help of his colleague and M’s assistant, Evie (Naomi Harris), he tracks down Raul Silva (Javier Bardem), whose secret and deadly purpose he must discover at any cost.
Huge international success
With a rating of 4.2 out of 5 by AlloCiné internet users and 4 out of 5 by the press, the 23rd James Bond is the best film of the saga! That’s not all, it’s also the best at the box office, earning $1.1 billion worldwide.
It must be said that Skyfall has it all: the five-star cast consists of, among others, Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Javier Bardem, Naomi HarrisOr Bérénice Marlohe, an intoxicating soundtrack with Adele’s cult hit, today is considered a classic James Bond song, an exciting story and a grand setting.
In addition to being one of the top rated James Bonds, Skyfall He received two Oscars, two BAFTAs and was nominated twelve times at festivals. In the face of this undoubted success, Sam Mendes decided to continue his momentum three years later with the production of Spectre.
This twenty-fourth and last James Bond stars Léa Seydoux, Monica Bellucci and Christoph Waltz in particular, and the soundtrack, also very famous, is by Sam Smith.
And the least we can say is that it was also a huge success at the box office, selling 4.9 million seats in France for a total of $880 million internationally, making it the second biggest hit of the saga. no doubt Sam Mendes Learn all about James Bond!
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Source: Allocine
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