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It’s been well over a decade since the world was treated to a truly sumptuous adventure in the very best, vintage 007 traditions. Yes, Daniel Craig’s debut as Ian Fleming’s not-so-secret agent, Casino Royale, was a mighty fine movie which ruthlessly rebooted the series in 2006. But in the eyes of many fans, the moody action thriller was more Jason Bourne than James Bond. Craig’s hugely disappointing follow-up, Quantum Of Solace, was then a perplexing, frenetically edited mess; an assault on the senses which barely paused for a single entendre, let alone a double. So it’s definitely a case of third time lucky – because Skyfall, which opens at Shropshire cinemas on October 26, is a triumph on almost every level. In Javier Bardem, it has one of the best baddies since the days when Sean Connery was abseiling into hollowed-out volcanoes to lock horns with bald men and white cats.

He delivers a part chilling, part comedic cross between Anthony Hopkins’ Hannibal Lecter and Jack Nicholson’s Joker which is ever-so-slightly camp and theatrical, and all the more memorable for it.

In Sam Mendes, it has a director who clearly ‘gets’ why Bond has been so successful for the past five decades, paying due reverence to the past with some touching tributes, while offering plenty of provocative new ideas and – contrary to many people’s fears – handling the action scenes well.

And in Daniel Craig, it has a Bond for the 21st century who, slowly but surely, is injecting more of the classic 007 traits into his granite tough persona. He looks, for the first time, like he truly believes he owns the role.