Plot: After years of lurking in the shadows, a pair of former MI6 agents–one a master of covert infiltration (Michael Fassbender), the other an expert in shock-and-awe military tactics (Tom Hardy)–suddenly reemerge, offering their services to the highest bidder, including tyrants and terrorists. M (Ralph Fiennes) orders 007 (Daniel Craig) to infiltrate the traitors’ organization and destroy it from within, but in order to earn their trust, Bond must offer them one of Her Majesty’s greatest assets: a very reluctant Q (Ben Whishaw). Can this odd couple deceive the enemy long enough to accomplish the mission, or will the two cunning mercenaries see through the ruse?
[Originally written August 25, 2013.]