Skyfall
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, it's up to Bond, aided only by field agent Eve, to locate the mastermind behind the attack.
Trailer
Director
Sam Mendes
Writer
Ian Fleming, John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, EON Productions, Columbia Pictures
Release
2012-10-24
Runtime
2h 23m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Cast & Characters
James Bond
Daniel Craig
M
Judi Dench
Silva
Javier Bardem
Gareth Mallory
Ralph Fiennes
Eve
Naomie Harris
Séverine
Bérénice Marlohe
Kincade
Albert Finney
Q
Ben Whishaw
Did You Know?
Critical Assessment
Skyfall holds 7.8/10 on IMDb (777K votes), 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 86% audience score.
Critics and audiences are broadly aligned on this one.
Ratings as of August 3, 2026
AI Verdict
AI-generatedSkyfall's 7.8 IMDb average and 92% Rotten Tomatoes score place it among the stronger entries in the 60-plus-year Bond franchise.
Fan & Critic Buzz
Audiences praised Skyfall, calling it a great movie and one of their all-time favorites as a Bond film. They appreciated the balanced tone, well-written story, and performances, particularly from Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem. The film's visuals were also widely praised.
Reviews
Skyfall was a solid movie in its own right but as a Bond movie, it was one of my all time favourites. Unlike Quantum of Solace, I felt like they actually took the time to tell this story and the pay off was worth it. Something I found interesting is the idea about Bond getting ol…
Travis Bell · 8/10Skyfall is a great movie. In my opinion the best proformas by Daniel Craig I have see in all his Bond movies. The title song was not to my taste like in previous movies. The story line is one of the most compelling I have seen in a while. Silva, played by Javier Bardem was excell…
GeekMasher · 8.5/10Bond (Daniel Craig) is on another (important) mission somewhere in the big world, this time on the heels of someone who has stolen a hard drive with all the names of the British agents who work for MI6. On the mission, Mr. Bond is shot by one of his own (an agent named Eve, playe…
Kenneth Axel Carlsson · 3/10How safe do you feel? Bond 23 and 007 has to literally come back from the dead when a stolen hard-drive makes M (Dench) look bad at a time when a face from her past comes homing into blood thirsty view. There is one sure fire fact in cinema that nobody can dispute, that of there…
John Chard · 10/10Me and my oldest son have been doing a bit of pseudo binge watching of James Bond. Every weekend we have been watching two of the movies starting with Dr. No quite a few weekends ago. Last weekend we arrived at the Daniel Craig ones. I had actually not watched those ones before.…
Dark Jedi · 2/10Great theme song and a much more balanced movie compared to Quantum of Solace, and the story is well written, revealing Bond's background and the motherly relationship with M (contrast with a more antagonistic portrayal in the Brosnan series). Javier Bardem as the villain was fan…
JPV852 · 8/10_**Can you go home again?**_ After 007 (Daniel Craig) is thought dead-in-action in Turkey, the computer of ‘M’ (Judi Dench) is hacked and there’s an attack on the MI6 headquarters in London. M & Bond suspect it’s an inside job, which leads James to Shanghai, Macao and a mysteriou…
Wuchak · 8/10FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/skyfall-spoiler-free-review "Skyfall is not only the entry that this James Bond saga needed, but it's my favorite movie of the Daniel Craig Era. From the exceptionally intriguing narrative filled with shocking de…
Manuel São Bento · 9/10Ok, first things first. "Skyfall" and "crumble" do not rhyme. Sorry Adele, but they don't! Luckily, the rest of this story is almost as good as "Casino Royale" (2006). Daniel Craig reprises his role as "007", this time charged with thwarting a dastardly plan by the enigmatic "Sil…
CinemaSerf · 7/10**Skyfall understands, admires, and elevates Bond to excellence and mastery to an unexpected level and unmatched by its predecessors.** Skyfall is The Dark Knight of Daniel Craig’s James Bond films. Sam Mendes took all Casino Royale had built and elevated it to heights never befo…
The Movie Mob · 9/10By the time Skyfall dropped my hatred of Craig Era Bond was pretty solidified. I started to realize that this was going to be the Bond that hated being Bond. That Bond was going to go down a dark hole that I was really going to loath. But... Javier Bardem really nailed it didn't…
GenerationofSwine · 10/10Keeping the Bond series down. Poor Daniel Craig isn't at fault for these totally uninspired, unmotivated stories he appears in. Maybe his agent is at fault. But while Craig makes money, his memory will be forgotten in a hundred years, if these 007 fiascos are his high points. The…
drystyx · 3/10This is a Bond film 100 times better than Spectre.
tmdb93836550 · 10/10
From the trailer's comments
Skyfall and Casino Royale are the best Bond movies of 21st century so far
@farhanmarco7827 · 653 likesProbably one of the best teasers of all time
@GiglineCinema · 985 likesThe real star of this movie for me is Roger Deakins. This is in my opinion one of the best looking movies of the 2010s
@MeesTW · 643 likesstill holds up as one of the best teasers!
@WhatsTrending · 407 likesI love that sound at 1:05. Get the chills everytime.
@red0means0go · 329 likesBond: Some men are coming to kill us. Audience: :( Bond: We're gonna kill them first Audience: :D
@philstead1 · 82 likes"Some men are coming to kill us, we're going to kill them first".............Love it, in true Bond style. :)
@DistantLightProd · 128 likesAlmost 12 years later and this is still the best teaser for a james bond film
@Mr.Feather130 · 85 likes
