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Daniel Craig is back as James Bond.

Skyfall (2012)

Everyone's favourite secret agent is back, and every girl has two-plus new hours of Daniel Craig to swoon over. Every guy has a whole new set of gadgets and badass spy moves to covet. Every martini for miles around will be ordered shaken, not stirred. That's right, folks; he's back again for Skyfall.

Director Sam Mendes, best known for his films American Beauty and Revolutionary Road, takes on the task of bringing to life the world's most beloved secret agent in the 23rd installment of the James Bond franchise, Skyfall. The flick starts off with a bang as Bond is wounded in a fight with a mercenary in Turkey and becomes classified as "missing, presumed dead." Using his secret to his fullest advantage Bond works off the grid to discover the secret of who caused an explosion at the MI6 office and who exactly is out to get M. Uncovering corruption, exposing traitors and saving those who are working to help his cause are once again on 007's dangerous to-do list and this time around the stakes are higher than ever.

Since taking on the role of James Bond three films ago, Daniel Craig has more than proved to audiences that he can pull off the role made famous by the likes of Sean Connery, Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan. Maybe it's his classy British accent, or the strong muscular build that he maintains for these films, but something about Craig makes him a pitchperfect James Bond.

A fan favourite and soon-to-beretired actress takes up her role as M once again — Dame Judi Dench. The highly talented Dench will be retiring due to a tragic loss of eyesight, but she definitely makes an impression in Skyfall, which is said to be one of her last films. Dench is charming yet poignant as usual and her scenes are arguably among the highlights of the film.

Stepping into the role of "Bond Villain" this time around is Javier Bardem, who is best remembered for his disturbing — even terrifying — role as Anton in the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men. There is something about Bardem that lends itself well to playing the villain and in Skyfall, as Silva, he makes quite an impression on the audience.

And who, you may be asking, is this flick's "Bond Girl?" Bérénice Marlohe is her name, and she plays the sexy yet dangerous Severine with everything you'd expect out of a Bond Girl.

The thing that is truly special about the James Bond franchise is that, despite the fact that there are 23 films, audiences haven't tired of watching the same spy fighting different villains and falling for different girls. At some point, most franchises get tired, old and uninteresting, but Skyfall has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is no slowing down for this secret agent.

Skyfall is a must-see for all Bond fans, for all Daniel Craig fans and for anyone who dreams of becoming a sexy British secret agent.

Rating: 4 out of 5