Movie Review: 'Skyfall' Is 'Downton Abbey With Cybercrime and Shower Sex'
Agent 007 returns in a heart-pounding thriller.
Just 50 years ago, British Agent 007, James Bond, stepped from the pages of Ian Fleming's books onto the screen in the person of Sean Connery. Since then, Bond has been shot, kidnapped, tortured, betrayed and beaten. He has seduced legions of women, saved the world, disrupted would-be dictators and left a trail of dead bodies that could be stacked from Istanbul to Paris. And he has used and discarded mountains of cool gizmos and machines. The latest Bond adventure, "Skyfall," has the secret agent (Daniel Craig) protecting his friend and supervisor M (Judi Dench) from a would-be assasin (Javier Bardem) who wants revenge. Here's what the critics are saying: "Skyfall" is rated PG-13, but parents are strongly cautioned. It runs 2 hours and 23…
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