This feeling had nothing to do with the reemergence of Bond from his brief dormancy - and the familiarity and comfort which attends each new installment of the 40+ year old franchise - and everything to do with the man Bond is pursuing through a construction work site.Ī freelance bomb maker hunted down by 007, he runs, bounds, jumps, clambers, bounces, twirls, slides, dives, rolls and pirouettes with a preternatural grace and agility, effortlessly navigating the multi-tiered obstacle course of girders, beams and cranes.
Yes, I had seen something just like this somewhere before, and fairly recently.
Watching the exhilarating foot chase that serves as the first major action scene of Casino Royale, I was immediately overwhelmed by a profound sense of déjà vu.
