This review describes Daniel Craig’s final James Bond film, No Time to Die, as a "tortured" but ultimately thrilling sendoff. The film, delayed by COVID-19 and featuring a script by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, finds Bond coming out of retirement to confront a new villain (Rami Malek) and a complex biological threat.
The reviewer praises Craig’s emotional performance and director Cary Joji Fukunaga’s action sequences—especially a standout scene with Ana de Armas. However, they note the plot is convoluted, the villain generic, and the 163-minute runtime slightly bloated.
Ultimately, it ranks second among Craig’s five Bond films, behind only Skyfall. The verdict is to stream it as a fitting, action-packed conclusion to his tenure.
