No Time To Die (James Bond) [Blu-ray] [2021] [Region Free]

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Much has been made of No Time to Die as the closing the chapter on Daniel Craig's tenure as James Bond, and the star goes out with a bang for targeted assassination, it has now been reengineered into a weapon of mass destruction. Aided by the newest 007, Nomi (Lashana Lynch), Bond

Universal only delivered the 4K UHD release of No Time to Die for review. That is a two-disc set with the UHD and Blu-ray feature film discs. reenters service only to face off against a powerful new villain, Lyutsifer Safin (Rami Malek), whose agenda will push Bond's body and soul to its And that's not necessarily the fault of the impressive director Cary Joji Fukunaga ( True Detective). Perhaps the iconic producer of all Bond movies Barbara Broccoli's decision to allow at least five writers to pen this final screenplay - including the great Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge - has more to do with it. The result is a film that weaves in and out of different scenes in different genres featuring excellent, silly action beats where Bond makes a drink mid-fight and slugs it down then straight into a completely serious talk and death of a character. There's no flow, rhyme, or reason to it other than to exist as if several writers' ideas all made the final draft.better than this; this is every bit the perfect picture audiences should expect of a new release from a top studio of one of the year's biggest films. No Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Of course the film's technical expertise carries it through much of the essential ebb and flow, elevating the experience through sheer force of

in the latest cinema installment of the Ian Fleming-created series, this one directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga ( Jane Eyre, Beasts of No Nation). No Time to Die is every bit the The trouble here is that Malek's Safin doesn't show up until mid-way through the three-hour film and even then, his disfigured face and zero motive to be the bad guy does nothing for the story. In fact, No Time To Die would have been leaps and bounds better without this character, due to there being no reason for his villainy or motive to destroy the world. Even the eye-rolling evil lair he stays in is something reminiscent of an Austin Powers gag and exists for no other reason than to exist and to look like a cool location for Bond to infiltrate. as well, yielding intensely bright and brilliant primaries. Bond's blue eyes dazzle, blue skies and waters delight, natural greens are full and rich, andWe get bruisingly efficient and grounded action sequences that here are intrinsically linked to the emotional beats of the film – there’s no wasted or flippant action excesses to pad out the run time or meet test audiences’ desires for blood and fire. We get some beautiful locations that are used as stunning canvases for these, from the Italian mountain town of Matera to the fog-shrouded forests of Langvann, Norway and onto the concrete beauty of the island lair in the Sea of Japan by way of the vibrant party town of Santiago de Cuba. And driving it all is Craig, bowing out from the role wonderfully with a huge amount of infectious charisma and driving energy. varied environments are likewise the beneficiaries of the image's elite clarity, from dense jungles to complex urban areas. Color reproduction is spot-on plans are interrupted when his old friend, CIA agent Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright), alerts him to a new and dangerous enemy wielding unspeakable Anatomy of a Scene: Matera (1080p, 11:32): Exploring the making of a key pre-title action sequence that involves everything that makes But such a focus on theme and character often means storytelling can suffer and sadly that’s very much the case here – at the 80-minute mark, Bond, and Mallory (Ralph Fiennes – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The King's Man, The English Patient) are talking about the motivations of the film’s mysterious antagonist and their exchange pretty much sums up the entire plot here:

rewarded with No Time to Die, but the script is well enough put together that even newcomers to the franchise or anyone who simply Bond uses in the series; what's new is cool, what's familiar has proven its worth, and it's a winning formula. new Craig-era Bond, anyway, to the point that much of the film becomes new window dressing rather than revolutionary workmanship. But that'sfranchise. This film serves as something of a bridge to the future, introducing a new 007 alongside Craig's character who comes out of retirement to Universal brings No Time to Die to Blu-ray with a visually resplendent 1080p transfer. While the companion UHD offers the superior image, the Blu-ray is wonderful in its own right and and crew interviews and beautiful footage to look at the globetrotting story that unfolds in the film.