We are big on the Bond reinvention characterized by Daniel Craig so maybe it’s only natural that we’d be mildly iffy about this new campaign by Mazda, which takes the freshly-lit Bond torch out of Craig’s hands and puts it in the claws of the usual two-dimensional leather-clad woman who skulks in the dark.
Building on the 12 Second Thriller campaign, which might as well have been a series of Viagra shorts, Mazda brings us Every Drive’s a Thriller, boasting two :30 films directed by Luke Scott, Casino and Desert Treasure.
We’d say that we’re turned on enough to buy an MX-5, and the whole power woman in black motif is always a bit exciting, but the Zoom-Zoom thing makes it feel a bit silly, a lot like the compressed and cartoony “Hello Moto.”
Really. What can’t you sell between two long leather-clad legs?
