This article contains spoilers For a "black bag".

In "Goldeneye" since 1995, in 1995, The recently appointed chief of the MI6 known as M (Iudi Dench) gives SuperSius Jameseiyes Bond, 007, dressing. She tells him to a point she considers "sexist, misogyinistic dinosaur" and "Cold War relic", some whose methods, despite being the service of the usual goals for the Queen and Earth, are old, dangerous and offensive. The JamesiMs Bond films (such as produced From Eon Production of 1962-2020) from time to time I would be dealing with a metatextual commentary on their spy protagonist, from the moment George Lazenbie winked at the camera and mentioned the "other fella" at the beginning of 1968 "at the Secret Service of Her Majesty". This meta comment on M. Goldenje had a slightly more depth than usual, however, alluding to several aspects of the character. It hung a hat to resurrect the troubled character of the relationship over a decade that was proud of social consciousness (then called "political correctness", now called "awakened"), at the same time winking Bond fans about his latest redirect. As Pierce Brosnan now plays, the moment at Goldenje sets the tone for his Bond mandate.

Brosnan's approach to the role was so well rounded up and wicked That he became a favorite of some fans regarding the likes of John Connery and Daniel Craig. As Bond, Brosnan brought the roughness of the Connery image and mixed it with Roger Moore's miraculous sarcasm, ending with Timothy Dalton's intensity. More than any other actor in the role, Brosnan seems to be a relationship for all seasons, borrowing the character's special quality of their own: while other actors play Bond were a bit wild -to -Card in their own way, there was always something stable and reliable about Brosnan 007.

That's why Brosnan's role in Steven Soderberg The latest movie, "Black bag", " is a delicious target in its own way. Although Brosnan does not appear in the film as much as the Core Six cast led by Michael Fassbender and Kate Blanchett, his appearance gives him much more weight thanks to his history as Bond. In the "black bag", Brosnan's image of Arthur Stiglitz is responsible for the National Center for Security of England's Cyber ​​Security (NCSC), and he is also the main villain of the film. It is part of the race reminiscent of so many thrillers, but is given extra juice thanks to the performance of Brosnan and the presence itself, making the closest display of the Jameseims Bond as bad.

In the "black bag", the NCSC George Woodhouse (Fassbender) operative has been told by a informant that the agency has a traitor in the middle, someone who is likely to sell the highest work of technology that the agency developed a codename Severus (after the Roman emperor, not a dark teacher). This technology can cause numerous power plants when installing, creating a political situation that will destabilize any target country in which it is used. After being led to suspect one of his associates as a traitor (including his wife Catherine St. Jeanan, played by Blanchett), Georgeore began his own secret investigation. His machinations are poking the iOsubopity of Catherine, which is not known to Georgeord, actually seeking this traitor, especially after she and Georgeorje at the same time realize that they are playing against each other.

It turns out that this is because Steiglitz is a puppet master behind the scenes, using its NCSC employees as its own smoke from smokers to take unwanted OP and use Severus in Russia to destabilize and make moves to install someone else in power there. Thousands who die as a result are certainly not a consequence of Staiglitz or his traitor (whose identity I will not reveal here, hoping to save a surprise for those of you who read this before seeing the movie). So, not only Brosnan can essentially play a version of M, but Soderberg and writer David Kop emphasize the "ends of Stiglitz", an explanation to counter the natural integrity of Brosnan and his history as Bond, making his actions so much more.

For its part, although Stiglitz's betrayal is an effective conspiracy twist, Brosnan never "The End of the World of the World", for example). He is a lump, meaningless, arrogant unusual than his first scene, another indication that Soderberg uses the actor's embedded appeal to mitigate his bad behavior. In fact, the way Brosnan is used in the "black bag" is a double reference "Goldenje", because in that film, John Bin shows Alec Trevelian Aka 006, a MI6 counterpart, who turns against his colleagues for unusual purposes. If the bond can also be a villain of bonds, then a real former relationship can.

However, the JameSei Bond films are not the only spy films that "black bags" are given. In the middle of a little touches and allusions of films such as "All Men of the President", "Ipcrecres File" and the works of Leon Le Kare, the fact that Copep, according to official film press materials, first imagined the idea of ​​the film while exploring its script. "Mission: Impossible" since 1996 The first in still a water (literally and figurative) franchise Tom Cruise. That film, like a "black bag", is less concerned to hang its Starwar than more and more dangerous heights and is more involved in topics of fraud and morality, especially in terms of how ordinary human beings can maintain any kind of life when all of their existence is made up of a hug. It would not be wrong to call it a pessimistic, but it certainly contains a healthy dose of cynicism when it comes to SpyCraft lifelong practitioners.

As evidence, the "black bag" and "Mission: Impossible" perform a very similar trick: the service of the audience's nostalgic sympathy against them. In the "Mission", Jonon Wout shows Jimim Phelps, a character played by Peter Graves during most of the original TV series "Mission: Impossible" and someone who was undoubtedly a heroic character in that show. Although Wojt does not look like Graves true, the fact that he aims to play an older Phelps who then teaches his entire team (including Cruz Ethan Hunt) allows the emotional knife to shrink deeper. It certainly offended the cast of the original series, most of which were still alive to see the film. Until the "black bag" breaks down Bond fans in the stomach as hard as it is, it is still wound to see Brosnan a heel.

Maybe M really had his number, after all.