DayoftheDeadSpecter, Spectermaynotbeanyone's favoriteBondfilm, butitdoeshave a terrificopening.
WefollowBondthrough a dayofthedeadcelebrationinMexicocityashetracksanassassinfor a littleoverfourminutes.
Thebeautifultrackingshotleadsusthroughthefestivitiesup a hotelandoutontheroofasBondstalkshisprey.
Whereareyougoing?
DirectorSamMendezandhisteamused 1500 extras.
Manyextravagantlydressedandhadtoclosedownthecity's mainavenueadding a 50-footcranetothemixfortherooftopshotsmusthavemadethingsexceedinglycomplex, buttheresultisoneofthebestopeningsinanybondfilm.
# seventhesubwayfightHannah, if a fathertrainshisonlydaughtertobeanassassinfromtheageoftwo, youbetterbelievehe's gotsomeseriouslydeadlymoves.
What's wrong?
Areyouhurt?
Youwerehalfasleep, youmustalwaysbeready.
Somefindoutjusthowdeadlyinthisshortbutsweetfightin a subwaystationbuildingtensionisthenameofthegamehere.
EricplayedbyericBanaimmediatelynoticeshe's beingfollowedandleadshispursuersto a secludedplacetodisposeofthem.
Thefightmakesgreatuseofthespace.
A pillarhidesericfromtheviewerbeforehelashesoutathisAttackersalongside a killerelectronicsoundtrackpickingupnow, althoughthesceneisonlyabout 2.5 minuteslong, itusesitstimeincrediblywell.
Oldboyfollows a maninprisonfor 15 yearsseekingvengeanceonhismysteriouscaptors.
Oncehe's free.
Itsstandoutsceneiconiceventothosewhohaveneverseenthefilmis a nearlythreeminutelongcorridorbrawlrequiring 17 takesofthecourseofthreedays, itpitsprotagonistohdaesuagainst a hordeofgoonswithonly a hammertodefendhimselfwiththoughitdoesn't haveanyflashymoves, thecommitmentiscertainlystunning, theactorsbreathlesslyfallovereachotherasthefightcontinuesandourheroesrefusaltogiveupdespitetheirnumbersmakesusrootforhimevenmore.