![]() Something happens once Sam Smith's "Writings on the Wall" concludes, and the dark gritty James Bond we've grown to be enamored with takes several steps back toward the triteness of the 90s. Set in exotic locations with transcendentally tactile productions, Spectre satiates the audience's wanderlust craving. Opening with a strong action sequence set during the Day of the Dead festivities in Mexico City, Spectre starts promisingly intense. Daniel Craig has been James Bond for close to ten years now, a near unbelievable fact until you go back and realize the first film, Casino Royale, was released in 2006. On guard, 007's seductive charisma is set aside as he fervently pursues vengeance for M and truth for himself. Much has changed for Bond since his first mission in Montenegro where he fell for the beautiful Vesper Lynd. Bond is on his own and off grid as he follows Spectre across the globe, with one mission in mind, to terminate it at the source. The 00 organization is under duress as the Centre of National Security attempts to take over control of all clandestine undertakings in the protection of the nation. ![]() Resuming where Skyfall left off, Spectre points James Bond on a quest to discover and unearth truths behind the sinister organization responsible. These cuts persist in all worldwide versions of the film. The uncut version showed the man putting the gun under his chin and firing with a spray of bloody mist, and two subsequent shots showed brain tissue hanging down from the back of his head. The suicide now takes place off-screen and with reduced detail.The uncut version showed this all from the front, including the aftermath. The eye gouging now only shows an establishing shot of the thumbs being inserted, then cuts to a counter-shot from behind the victim's head when the slightly bloody thumbs emerge.Reductions to "strong bloody (injury) detail" were made in the following two scenes: These were made prior to formal submission and it was duly passed at 12A with no further changes. The BBFC informed the filmmakers that cuts would be required in two scenes before a 12A rating, instead of an uncut 15, could be obtained. In August 2015, Columbia submitted the film to the BBFC in the UK for advice on whether the film would receive a 12A rating upon a formal submission. ![]()
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