“No Time to Die” is a crucial film in the Bond saga that challenges the series’ formulaic nature and brings a close to the Daniel Craig run. Viewers may be divided on the film’s story decisions and how it diverges from the Bond formula, but these ideas reinvigorate the franchise and deliver emotional weight to the film. The film provides the thrills, twists and intense action that makes Bond an influential character in cinema.

In the past couple of years, the conversation of masculinity and what it really means has been a hot topic. Our society has begun to see a shift from a stereotypical “manly man” version of masculinity...