The James Bond franchise is what happens when a suave British spy, a limitless budget for gadgets, and an overabundance of martinis collide in the most explosive way possible. Across six decades, Bond has saved the world more times than your average IT guy reboots a router—always looking impeccably tailored while doing it. Whether he’s outsmarting a genius villain with a fondness for monologuing or seducing someone with a name that sounds suspiciously inappropriate, Bond’s greatest weapon isn’t his Walther PPK—it’s his unwavering confidence in absurd situations. Laser pointed at his groin? No problem. Freefalling without a parachute? Piece of cake. Playing baccarat with world-ending stakes? Just another Tuesday.
Of course, no Bond adventure would be complete without the classic formula: a megalomaniac villain with an unnecessarily elaborate death trap, a car so loaded with gadgets it might as well be a Transformer, and MI6’s quartermaster Q shaking his head at how quickly Bond will wreck the latest multimillion-dollar invention. The franchise has evolved from Cold War espionage to CGI-laden mayhem, but one thing remains constant: Bond will always find time for a dry martini, a smirk, and a perfectly timed one-liner—preferably as an enemy base explodes behind him.
But will happen now that Amazon has creative control over the James Bond franchise?!