Bond gets in beside her, turning up the water to keep her warm in what's one of the most tender scenes of the franchise. It's magnificent – even if it does sometimes sound like she's singing “scaffold”.In Casino Royale's shower scene, Bond finds a traumatized Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) sitting in a shower with her clothes on, shaking in horror at having helped kill a man.

Informed by Bond themes from the past and chock-full of orchestral swells, you'd be hard-pushed to find anyone who hasn't heard it. It would be remiss not to mention Adele's Oscar and Grammy-winning theme track. Javier Bardem's Raoul Silva in particular is an inspired character that holds up a mirror to MI6's past, while Dame Judi Dench's M is an indelible influence on Bond, and her reading of Tennyson gives us a bonus taste of her incredible stage acting prowess. While it ultimately falls slightly into the “we're the good guys, they're the bad guys” vein that it works hard to avoid, Skyfall still discusses the dirty nature of national security, and the depths to which our screen heroes sometimes have to dive in order to get the job done. Similarly to No Time To Die, this film introduces clever bouts of humour that serve to bring Bond some low-key moments in otherwise emotionally-charged situations.

It's an outstanding film in its own right, that focuses as much on character development as the big-money action sequences. Sorry, everyone, but it had to take the crown. Subtle call-backs, classic one-liners and an element of the unglamorous realities of espionage make No Time To Die a Bond film that will stand the test of time. This is a man duty-bound to country and family on a farewell tour full of our old favourites. However, with No Time To Die, we see a much more comprehensively-drawn Bond, one that takes the best parts of each previous iteration and melds them into one package.

Unfortunately, it falls short in the final third, with a disturbing villain that, while played well by Rami Malek, unfortunately doesn't seem to have much of a backstory or motivation for his world-ending plans.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge's influence on the script is obvious, with regular moments of humour that cut through otherwise ridiculous scenarios and make the more emotionally-wrought scenes even more intense. It manages to balance some characteristically heavy-handed action - a frankly-unsurvivable bomb near the start after which Bond dusts himself down and moves on with mild, temporary tinnitus is a personal favourite - with quick dialogue and a pacy storyline. Craig's swan song, No Time To Die, dangles tantalisingly close to top spot for most of its 163-minute run time.

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